by Clifford James | Aug 8, 2025
Writer’s Rant An Uncivil War August 8, 1917 Yes, that’s right. The year is 1917, the year my father was born. 108 years ago today. There was a war going on. It was dubbed: “The war to end all wars.” Oh, the irony. Look at all that has transpired since then and where...
by Clifford James | Jun 6, 2025
Writer’s Rant June 4, 2025 Living in a Fantasy World “When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.” (Albert Einstein). He was clearly a genius,...
by Clifford James | May 14, 2025
Writer’s Rant May 13, 2025 The Wisdom and Strength of a Child I am only beginning to understand death from a child’s perspective. My grandson has witnessed the slow death of his other grandfather who passed away recently. Before his passing, he shared many...
by Clifford James | May 3, 2025
Writer’s Rant May 3, 2025 Left-handedness Approximately 10% of the US population is left-handed. The rest of us are right-handed, except for about 1% who are ambidextrous. There were six of us children growing up and I had one brother who was left-handed. While...
by Clifford James | Apr 17, 2025
Writer’s RantApril 16, 2025Its All About Grace *note: this blog will be rejected by some of the groups I normally post on, due to the subject matter: Religion. Also note that I don’t pretend to be an authority on Christendom or a bible scholar. This is from one lay...
by Clifford James | Apr 7, 2025
Writer’s RantApril 7, 2025Death’s Certainty It was Ben Franklin who said “nothing is guaranteed in this life but death and taxes” (or something like that) and we know those words to be true. Now that it’s coming up on April 15th, we may actually feel we are being...
