Being nice

Elvis Presley was a redneck who began his early life “Mississippi poor”. He was good looking and talented with a voice straight out of heaven. He went from pauper to prince in a short period of time. I have always been fascinated with his fairy tale life...

Big head

I was recently reunited with someone who made it really big in Hollywood. When I originally met this person she was just getting started and was a writer/editor for a very small Tennessee Valley authority magazine  and her tiny little salary was, well, pitiful. To her...

Justice

A few years back I witnessed one of the most beautiful sunrises that I’ve seen. It was one of those fiery orange-red sunrises that reflects on clouds making them ten shades of orange and even the river was reflecting orange with beautiful violet-blue layers...

Sorrow is a monster

Sorrow is a monster! Worry is its companion. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it compounds it. I experienced incredible sorrow and was grief-stricken when my brother committed suicide. I’ve never gotten over it. As I look back on it and try to...