Perspective is weird

A friend responded to a Words for the Day one time and sent me the following: A famous writer was in his study. He picked up his pen and began writing: Last year, my gallbladder was removed. I was stuck in bed due to this surgery for a long time. The same year I...

My poor angel

One day a friend and I went to the Bahamas in my boat. We’d heard reports that yellowfin tuna were located around the uppermost part and we wanted in on the action. The weather was predicted to be fairly good with 3–4-foot seas and 10-15 knot winds. The...

The arena of life

Over twenty years ago I was building a software development company. When I wrote Words for the Day on this day, I wrote this message to my followers: Several of my acquaintances of late have been criticizing my ambition and goal for desiring to make Horizon Software...

Suicide is so sad

Yesterday I saw a large number of police cars with lights flashing at a rundown shack near Bentonia MS. I thought that possibly they got caught for selling drugs but when I bought some boiled peanuts down the road a little ways the guy selling them told me that a 12...

Tarzan reborn

One time I was out on vacation and I was eating lunch in a small restaurant in the tiny community, (population 90) of Escarpment Wyoming. This establishment could have been right out of the movie set for Jeremiah Johnson and the owner fit the part. He could have...