by Clifford James | Nov 10, 2023
“What doesn’t kill you gives you a set of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a dark sense of humor.” I thought it was supposed to make you stronger. I like this quote (written anonymously) because it really makes me think. Do I have unhealthy coping...
by Clifford James | Nov 9, 2023
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s you.” (Rita Mae Brown) Mental illness is a serious matter and nothing to laugh at. However,...
by Clifford James | Nov 8, 2023
“Sometimes the amount of self-control it takes to not say what’s on my mind is so immense, I need a nap afterward.” In my younger adult years, after I married and had small children, I took a second job on weekends as a hotel desk clerk/night...
by Clifford James | Nov 7, 2023
Fraternities have a bad rep. It’s nothing new; it’s been that way for years. Regardless of how you feel about fraternities, there are some stories to tell, so here goes one. I was one of 13 in my Rho pledge class. 11 of us went on a pledge trip to Boston...
by Clifford James | Nov 6, 2023
I was going to college in Connecticut and stopped at my brother’s in Otsego NY, near Oneonta, on the way home for Thanksgiving. We went hunting and he shot a buck. We contacted my father who knew a butcher closer to my hometown, about 150 miles away. My brother...
by Clifford James | Nov 5, 2023
“Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason” (Jerry Seinfeld). I was visiting my brother in Pennsylvania a couple of years ago, relying heavily on my GPS to guide me around. From his house, I started out on a trip to my hometown in western New York...
by Clifford James | Nov 4, 2023
“A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God” (Sydney Sheldon). Oh where to begin? Fortunately, God let us figure out how to go from a blank piece of paper to a blank screen. I’ve spent hours in front of my blank...
by Clifford James | Nov 3, 2023
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen” (John Steinbeck). I agree that yes, my ideas are like rabbits. First I have a couple and then they multiply. But it doesn’t stop at a dozen....
by Clifford James | Nov 2, 2023
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn” (Anne Frank).When I write, I escape. I imagine that was how Anne Frank managed to survive as long as she did as she lived in imminent fear of discovery by the Nazis....
by Clifford James | Nov 1, 2023
I Need More Time. “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster” (Isaac Asimov). What would you do if you only had six minutes to live? I thought about it a minute. (That only leaves 5). I...
