[This poem = was written during World War II, on the wall of a cellar in the Cologne = concentration camp, by an unknown Jew facting = death.]   I believe in = the sun, even when it is not shining.And I believe in love, even = when there’s no…

One day, an elderly woman was walking along the = street, coming home from the supermarket. Her bag of groceries was = especially heavy that day, and as she passed Nathan Hale’s Used Cars, = she got an idea that she could drive herself to the store and save a…

[This is an update on an OLD joke, but still makes me = smile . . . and cry a little.  Here is a measure of aging between = 1967 when I was in college and fifty years later when I’m now on = Social Security]   1967: Long =…

[A friend in England swears = these signs have been spotted in public places around her city.  = Somehow, I believe it.]   Sign in a London department = store: Bargain basement upstairs.   Sign in an office: Would the = person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring…

The = first 70 years of childhood are the hardest.   Does = running late count as exercise?   I am 100% done = with today and about 37% done with tomorrow.   When I = was a kid, I wanted to be older.  THIS is not what I =…

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[Rick Stedman of Fox News wrote = this after the hurricane and floods in Texas, but thought it might = continue to be a good commentary on Irma and = beyond]   When hurricanes like Harvey = devastate so many lives, where is God?  That’s a really good = question—one…

Checked the = milk. It’s so far past its expiration date that I’m only going to = have a small bite.   Joined a gym. = Mixed results from my first workout. Fifteen minutes cardio. Ten minutes = defibrillator. Three days hospital.   People used to = take their kids…

My regular = dentist gave sage advice years ago: “Don’t outlive your = teeth”.  I didn’t listen.   Next week I = get to have 3 roots cut out (teeth broke over the past two years) and 2 = more teeth extracted.  This is in addition to the 4 already…

I’ve = learned that . . . “if I follow the motto to ‘Eat = Right’ and ‘Stay Fit’, I will ‘Die = Anyway’.” I’ve learned that . . . “the = ‘things that come to those that wait’ may be the things left = by those who got there…

[Signs = you may be a little bored with your job]   *You’ve = already read the entire Dilbert page-a-day calendar for = 2018.   *You = discover that staring at your cubicle wall long enough produces images = of Elvis.   *You’ve = figured out a way to get…

[Labor = Day in the USA marks “Fall” and usual whining about warm = weather ending. Thought we should update the conversion chart for the = weather as share by a Canadian friend in = Winnipeg] 70F – Texans turn on = the heat and unpack the thermal underwear. People…

[Nick Roush, Omaha = World Tribune columnist, said that ‘parents and sports usually do = not mix’.  His story, printed last June, shows an exception = to that rule.]   In 2017 parents = often confuse “what’s best for their kid” as = “defending them no matter what.”  The sports…