Monthly Archives: September 2020

Here comes controversy. I’m going to take on Jiminy Cricket and the Disney Empire. You remember Jiminy Cricket in the cartoon Pinocchio. He sings the song, “Give a little whistle” which ends with the line “And always let your conscience … Continue reading →

            Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was an Austrian mathematician and logician who came to the United States in 1938 to escape Nazi rule; Gödel was baptized Lutheran, but his close ties to Jewish friends and colleagues put him at risk.  He … Continue reading →

 Some fun for the day, on which many people return to work after the ironically named Labor Day weekend. Have you noticed how we have s t r e t c h e d it into a four-day weekend? We … Continue reading →

It was a typical Florida afternoon rain shower.  The water had puddled near the curb.  Lingering raindrops continued to fall, each creating a circle in the standing water.  I watched with fascination as the rings spread and mingled.   OK, you’re … Continue reading →

Hmm, let’s see, if asked who I am, my response simply would be, “Jill.” If requiring more depth to the answer, I would reply, “daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, teacher, author and so on.” I’m quite certain, if you … Continue reading →

From a blog originally posted on September 25, 2016 For my birthday, my sister gave me the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, which was the motivation for the Broadway musical by the same name.  Although it was heavy reading (three pounds … Continue reading →

Mystery writer, MC Beaton has created a series with titles that begin with the words “Death of…”  She has not written one entitled Death of Good Man.  But that is what I was thinking of the other day when I … Continue reading →

Remember “September Song”? But it’s a long, long whileFrom May to DecemberAnd the days grow shortWhen you reach September. I remember this Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson song playing in our house when I was very young. Even as a kid I … Continue reading →

            I have liked covered bridges ever since I went to college in southern Indiana, where there are quite a few.  Parke County, Indiana has 31, the most of any county in the U.S.  My wife likes them also, and … Continue reading →

 When I am driving or riding in my wife’s car, music is on. For me, it means skipping stations if there are commercials. Or putting in a CD. Like 8-tracks and cassette tapes, CD’s are going the way of the … Continue reading →