by Clifford James | Nov 2, 2024
Writer’s RantNovember 1, 2024 Clock-watchers It’s time to throw away your old clocks. Twice a year, we have to adjust our digital clocks, either an hour forward or an hour back. But in these modern “times”, wouldn’t it just be easier to...
by Clifford James | Oct 28, 2024
Writer’s RantOctober 28, 2024“If the first words out of your mouth are to cry ‘political correctness!’, … chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.” N.K. Jemisin Whatever happened to PC? Political Correctness seems to apply to...
by Clifford James | Oct 4, 2024
Writer’s Rant October 3, 2024 “One way to get the most out of life is to look at it as an adventure” (William Faulkner). Life is an amazing adventure. It’s more aptly, a series of adventures, which becomes our journey. It comes with many twists...
by Clifford James | Jun 4, 2024
Writer’s RantMay 28, 2024 The word “memorial” means remember. Ironically, what I and many of those of my generation and the one before us, remember this day as “Decoration Day.” It was the day my mother would plant her favorite flower,...
by Clifford James | Jun 4, 2024
Writer’s RantJune 4 2024″One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures” (George W Bush). Okay, now that’s funny! Many folks think W was not a smart man (kind of like Forest Gump). The best measure we have of...
by Clifford James | May 21, 2024
Writer’s RantMay 20, 2024″I don’t have the energy to pretend I like you today” (anonymous). Did you ever have one of those days when nothing seems right or is going well? It takes a lot of energy to have a bad day. It’s emotionally...
by Clifford James | May 13, 2024
Writer’s Rant5/13/24Mothers’ Day (the day after) Happy Mothers’ Day to all you moms out there. I bet there are only a few of you who know the origin of this day we celebrate. So I have done the work for you. A. In 1858, when Ann Jarvis, a young...
by Clifford James | May 6, 2024
Writer’s Rant May 6, 2024 Close Friends “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for.” (Bob Marley) Men and Women are different in so many ways. Take “friends” for example. As a man, I...
by Clifford James | Apr 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant Aprill 16, 2024As they say, there are only two sure things in life: Death and Taxes. Taxes had to be filed yesterday, so let’s talk about death. Not to be morbid, but when you reach a certain age, you want to prepare. The preparation is more...
by Clifford James | Apr 4, 2024
Writer’s Rant 4/4/24 Tugging at the Heart “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” (Robert Frost) OK, I admit it. Sometimes I can show emotion. I was surprised by the emotions I sometimes...
