Disney World — Flowers
One of the things that impressed me the most about my recent trip to Disney World were the flower beds. They were huge and beautiful. These were found below the Monorail system in Epcot. Continue reading Disney World — Flowers
Month: April 2016
My Small Town And Crime…
I am going into my seventeenth year living in my small town in southwestern Indiana. It is a town of about 2,000 people and a county of 20,000. It is in the bottom 20% of the State in that regard. I certainly enjoy small town life. I have been here long enough that most people at least know that I am the old”deaf” guy. We … Continue reading My Small Town And Crime…
10 Rules for Living a 21st Century Life
This post has been sitting in my “draft” pile for as long as any there. I don’t pretend to be some guru siting on a mountain with the meaning of life. I’m just a guy who has managed to survive seventy years on this earth and not get into too much trouble. But living those seventy years I have made a lot of mistakes and … Continue reading 10 Rules for Living a 21st Century Life
In Search of Architectural Beauty
I think the Milwaukee Museum above is the most creative building I have ever been in. It looks out on Lake Michigan. Architecture was one of my early fascinations in life…. Continue reading In Search of Architectural Beauty
Let’s Face It… Rules Are Stifling… But…
Rules are generally meant to keep us all acting in a certain way. That in and of itself is stifling to many of us. I have to admit that I am generally a rule averse person. I just don’t like someone telling me “DO THIS”, “DON’T DO THAT”. Constantly trying to look at life from a different angle means that I am often breaking rules, … Continue reading Let’s Face It… Rules Are Stifling… But…
Cycles…
I seem to go in cycles as far as my tolerance for politics goes. I regularly reach a point where it becomes intolerable to read another article about the absurdity of today’s election cycle. This seems to be one of those times.  I just want this nomination process to end, the sooner the better so we can get to the next stage. Not that the … Continue reading Cycles…
In Search Of Beauty.
I never get tired of taking photos looking off our front porch. Especially with the crab apple tree in full bloom and the horses grazing across the street. Thank you Lord for giving me another Spring season to enjoy this view…. Continue reading In Search Of Beauty.
I’m Dreaming Of.. Gardening…
I have always liked to grow things and have had a veggie garden most of my life. This one from 1993 was perhaps my best. My garden this year is six tomato plants, a couple of zucchini plants, and the usual asparagus patch. Its meager but at least better than last year’s potted tomatoes on the deck… Continue reading I’m Dreaming Of.. Gardening…
American Pickers…
On our way to Disney World this month we stopped by the Nashville store of the guys from the TV show “American Pickers”. It was in interesting place but much smaller than I imagined. I didn’t notice until I got home and saw the last picture on a larger sceen that all six people sitting on the benches had their cell phone in their hand. … Continue reading American Pickers…
Fireworks…
 The nightly fireworks on the lake in Epcot at Disney World are the best I have ever seen. As usual when they do something they do it right. It is hard to capture it all in pictures but you kind of get the idea from this one. Continue reading Fireworks…
How America has waged an eternal war in the Middle East
I think I heard somewhere that the U.S. has more than a thousand military bases throughout the world and I suspect many of them are located in the Middle East. We as a country seem to be so fixated on telling others how to live that we spend huge amounts of money and our citizens’ lives trying to do just that. Here are some words … Continue reading How America has waged an eternal war in the Middle East
The Biggest Part of Racism…
The biggest part of racism is what you learn in the home especially when there is nothing to counterbalance it. I heard these words on a recent PBS Newshour and they immediately went to my notepad for future thought. When we are young children we know very little about the world outside our immediate home. We think of our parents as almost godly. They can … Continue reading The Biggest Part of Racism…
Finger Lakes…
The finger lakes region of New York State was one of those unexpected pleasures in life. I happened across it in the late 90s while exploring that region of the country. It is almost surreal in its beauty. It was wine country long before the California vineyards ever existed. Continue reading Finger Lakes…
I Don’t Have Time…
I don’t have time for people who want things that I don’t want. I recently heard the words above during a TV show and they stuck to me. I admit that I am a very focused person. Once I get something in my mind I pay almost total attention to it. That makes me appear to sometimes be insensitive to others around me. It gets … Continue reading I Don’t Have Time…
The Bathroom Issue…
Being a self proclaimed Red Letter Christian I am a constant follower of this website. The article below states that everyone is ignorant until they learn about a subject. This article is about the anti-transgender law recently passed in North Carolina. It is supposedly about bathrooms but apparently it is really much deeper than that. If you miss everything else I’m saying here, please hear … Continue reading The Bathroom Issue…
Tells Its Own Story…
   One of my many hobbies is to take a picture and then try to find a hidden story within the frame. The picture from which this was taken is of a small southern Indiana town street. Looking at this pic it might have just as well been captured decades ago. Continue reading Tells Its Own Story…
Talking to Old People…
A big part of RJsCorner is trying to give some young people who might accidentally come across my blog some advice on life. I know that I did not face many of your current problems. I wasn’t afraid of being replaced by a robot during my work years but I downsized due to my job going off-shore. ISIS wasn’t around but I did see thousands … Continue reading Talking to Old People…
Shaker Symmetry..
 Symmetry has always been the epitome of beauty to me. This picture was taken in the attic of the central dwelling building at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in Kentucky twenty years ago and remains one of my personal favorites. Shakers were very much about symmetry throughout their communities. Continue reading Shaker Symmetry..
Blue McCaws
I have to say that Disney World does it right. They go out of their way to insure that everyone has a good time. One of those unique experiences was the McCaws at Animal Kingdom. A dozen birds seem to land on command so these smiling young ladies can tell us about them and of course so we can take pictures. Then a few minutes … Continue reading Blue McCaws
Risk Taking…
There is a big portion of our population who are just risk averse. They shutter at the very idea of risk or almost any other change for that matter. Risk to them is to be avoided at all costs. Most of these risk averse people are conservative in nature and politics. When I was in the corporate world I worked for such a company. They … Continue reading Risk Taking…
The World of Pretend…
A good portion of my life was spent around someone who lived in a world of pretend. My mother was that person. She abandoned me, my brother, and her husband when I was about ten years old to marry someone much richer who could provide her with the luxuries she so wanted in life. I would not have any sort of relationship with her again … Continue reading The World of Pretend…
The Most Important People in Cable News…
It seems I have been hearing a lot of background talk about the cable news anchors. Many seem to be troubled by all the young females who are now figureheads in that media. I don’t have a poll to prove it but I hear most of these comments coming from women. They just seem to be the most disgusted. Maybe its because too many guys … Continue reading The Most Important People in Cable News…
About Me…
Every once in a while I like to make public a little more about me. It helps me more fully understand who I am and what I am doing, and have done, with my life and maybe gives you some understanding of some of my views. Â This post is about that general topic and revolves around the word “rote”. I know that is not … Continue reading About Me…
When Robots Make Cars….
I know that robots have taken over many of the repetitive tasks from us humans. Many see that as stripping jobs away from those who don’t care to otherwise be ready for today’s workforce. The mind-numbing jobs are being taken over my mindless robots and that is as it should be. Let’s take auto manufacturing as an example: Robots don’t make mistakes… They do the … Continue reading When Robots Make Cars….
In The Beginning…. And Then…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He created the birds of the air and the fish of the sea and the beasts of the land. And then he created man, and it was down hill from there on out…. Forgive me that this is not an exact quote from any bible but for the purpose of this post you get the … Continue reading In The Beginning…. And Then…
I’m Dreaming About … Folk Music
I guess you could say that folk music is an acquired taste and it seems to have fallen out of favor these days. In my earlier hearing years I almost lived and breathed folk music. One of the original founders of that music genre was Woody Guthrie and one of my favorite museums is the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa OK. The museum is small … Continue reading I’m Dreaming About … Folk Music
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