Monthly Archives: October 2024
I have pledged to not use this forum to represent or speak against a political candidate, and so far have kept this pledge. But, as a wordsmith and student of history, I can, and will define some terms to try to make sense of the chaos.
#1. Our Constitution set up three branches of government so they could operate the keep checks and balances on each other. We are choosing those we hope who can keep their duties as executives,…..
During the last several years, I have pursued a goal to achieve a prize offered by the Space Coast Writers’ Guild, the ARGO award, presented for the best novel written in the last two years, primarily set in Florida. After participating in the National Novel Writing Month goal of completing fifteen-hundred word drafts during succeeding Novembers, I will turn my efforts to another pursuit I’ve procrastinated about and put off far too long.
I have it on pretty good authority…..
A quick view of the past three weeks:
Dottie arrived October 2nd to live at Century Oaks Retirement Community in Melbourne. It was, at first glance, a welcoming time. We hadn’t been together for years. Although I had tried to convince her to become part of an assisted living arrangement for about three years, she was adamant about keeping her home and remaining independent. When she was scheduled for open heart surgery last October, the doctors said she would not…..
BETTY WHITAKER JACKSON
Thanks, Christopher Columbus
Remember the rhyme we learned in grade school? “In 1400 and 92, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”? We heard about early voyages by Italians, Portuguese, Spanish, and more recently by Chinese and Muslims. The “Age of Discovery” inspires us to think about all the discoveries mankind has made throughout the ages.
It comes as no surprise that we have idealized many of these “old stories,” and now critics try to negate the courage and…..
To say the least, this has been a month of contradictions for me, and it’s only the tenth of the month!
I suppose I should not be “surprised,” for we are in the midst of a highly-contested election season, complete with…..