It’s Nothing Personal

Every once in a while, I notice something on social media that just makes me shake my head. I understand that we all have inherent prejudices and that anyone that denies that simple fact is, well, simple minded. I don’t critique it as much as I attempt to understand what it is I see because a lot of what I view plays into my own prejudices. When I see something that just doesn’t add up though, I stop and think about it, and sometimes, I’m compelled to scratch out a few words here.

Continue reading

It’s Not Always Progress

 

90B20FD5-EA76-4A27-9609-DE4443733FD8

And now something completely different. I’m so old, I remember Full Service gas stations. For those. that may not know what I’m referring to, there was a time in this country when, needing gas, I’d pull into a station, someone would come out, and I’d tell him (yes, they. were always guys), what grade and how much I needed. He would then pump the gas. I never left the car. He would also clean my windshield (no squeegee back then – a rag and a spray bottle of glass cleaner)  and also pop the hood and check my oil. That was when gas cost less than 40 cents per gallon.

Continue reading