I want to start out this post with something I said here at RJsCorner about seven years ago: I must admit that I am probably more adventurous than many seniors. I enjoy constant stimulation. I enjoy planning and doing things that I have never done before. To sit around the house day after day is very boring to me. My senior years certainly give me … Continue reading Still Committed To Each Other… But…
The TV show American Pickers is basically about obsessions. Most of the episodes are about a couple of Le Claire Iowa men going to “pick” people’s collections. Many have thousands of square feet of barns, outbuildings, and old houses stuffed with things they have purchased throughout their lives. They dig things out from massive piles and ask if it is for sale? More often than not the answer … Continue reading Collections/Obsessions
I made an “executive” decision a while back to use Flickr as the residence of my future InsearchOfAmerica photo arrays. Just added a new photo album there. If you ever wondered what the island of Nantucket looks like click here. We were there in 1999. We knew that would be our last year living on the east coast so Yvonne insisted we go to Nantucket so … Continue reading Nantucket…
I am told that belonging to a group is one of the most basic needs of humanity. We are social animals and contrary to what many believe we all want to be part of a tribe. To go out on your own is frightening to many of us. We applaud State Sen. Cheri Jahn’s decision to drop her party affiliation and serve out the remainder … Continue reading Going It Alone…
Simply stated, I don’t believe in aristocracy. I don’t believe that knowledge or wisdom is necessarily inherited. So, when one generation wants to pass massive wealth or power to the next generation I bristle. The example below is one of the tragic consequences of this practice. While evangelical leader Franklin Graham has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, his father Rev. Billy Graham … Continue reading And Then There Is The Son…
Sadly, one of the things I believe the church has become very good at is to take some particular words from the bible and twist them around to more conform to their way of thinking. That is what today’s post is going to be about. Sometimes small alterations make a great deal of difference. For instance, we have about 90 percent of the same genes as cats … Continue reading Christian Nationalism
One of my daily reads is from my friends over at The Drabble. They welcome anyone to submit their words but it must be 100 words or less. It is very creative how so many can pack so much in so few words. Here is an example from a recent post: By Alex ColvinIn In an age of reconsidering appropriate behavior at the workplace, how … Continue reading Flirting in the Workplace..
Being a US history buff I know the words “Manifest Destiny” became the siren call for an invasion of America. When I was in high school the term was proudly used to say it was inevitable that the US would become the great nation it is. Let’s look at what Wikipedia says about manifest destiny: In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United … Continue reading Manifest Destiny…
I don’t know how many of you have discovered an app called Grammarly. It basically is a tool that resides in the background and watches everything you type. If you misspell a word or don’t have quite the correct punctuation it quickly turns red and if you hover over those reddened words possible corrections are presented to you. Here is how my friends at Wikipedia describe this … Continue reading About Grammarly
I have previously discovered that I have some characteristics that are identified with Asperger’s Syndrome which is part of the Autism spectrum. As a result, I have been more deeply studying the topic. I don’t call myself an Aspie as I have not been formally diagnosed with that condition but, I am certain I have common traits with it. I have recently discovered that there is a LOT of variation in what people say is the definition of autism. Here is a … Continue reading A Touch of Austism…
Just a quick snippet to let you know that my Flickr account now has 400 photos and 18 albums for your enjoyment. Click below to see them. More coming each day… Continue reading Flickr Now Has 18 Albums…
Being unable to read is illiteracy. That is tragic but something even worse is being able to read but choosing not to. Of course, you know who I am talking about. We have never had a president in our history who was proudly illiterate until now. He claims he is a genius and graduated first in his class at Wharton College. A reporter recently found … Continue reading The Trouble with Lies…
This post is about some insightful words from a book entitled Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus by Robin R. Meyers. This book solidified my belief that the words of Jesus have been losing focus in the church. Here are the words for today. Strangely, we have come to a moment in human history when the message of … Continue reading Saving Jesus
For this artsy Saturday, I thought I would give you a pretty unique view of the Heinz Museum in Pittsburgh PA. The museum is in an old factory building. The picture here is looking down an open staircase. Of course, the museum includes the history of Heinz Catsup and such but there is also much more there for your enjoyment. I find this picture fascinating … Continue reading Heinz Museum – Pittsburgh
One of the first things that most school children are taught about American history is Washington’s crossing of the Deleware River. Since it happened in the dark of night the day after Christmas in 1776 it was a rather dramatic event. It was also an important victory for the fledgling American army who had suffered mostly defeats up till then. If you are ever near … Continue reading Crossing of the Delaware
Even though I was never a Boy Scout, I am a person who tries to be prepared for the challenges I will be facing. If I want to discuss a controversial topic I try to study both sides to see where my feelings might reside. “Think For Yourself” is one of my primary mantras in my life. I simply don’t let others tell me what to think. But then again, maybe that is one of the reasons I was never a … Continue reading Being Prepared…
As usual, I have been in a reflective mood this time of year. I am trying to see if any good has come from the current presidency. What I am currently latching onto is that now that there is a self-proclaimed, and seemingly proudly so, the sexual abuser in the White House that topic has finally moved to the forefront. Of course, it has a … Continue reading One Good Thing About the Trump Presidency
Clifty Falls State Park in southern Indiana is one of my favorites. The campgrounds are well laid out and maintained and the hiking trails are manageable for this senior. And of course, the park is a mecca for photographers. As is my custom on my micro-RV trips I had breakfast at the inn after a night in the campgrounds. Being close to Madison Indiana, the campground makes … Continue reading On The Road – Clifty Falls State Park
In lieu of talking about the current political scene, I am going to try to make the logo above one of the central topics here at RJsCorner for the coming months. I know I frequently announce these types of projects and then don’t carry them through, but this one is kind of like an epiphany for me. I don’t think there is going to be one way to … Continue reading Us vs Them.. How Did We Get Here; How Do We Get Out??
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation” has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service in Kentucky. SOURCE: Snake-handling Ky. pastor dies from snake bite – Yahoo News. While this is maybe of the extreme part of the spectrum it is still a typical example of how we pick and … Continue reading Our Own Version….
Just a quick snippet to let you know that I have already added almost 200 of my favorite photos to Flickr. I have a couple thousand photos that will eventually go there but this is a pretty good start. Click on the icon to the right, or the one always on the Home page to access them. While you are there click on the Albums button … Continue reading My Flickr Is Growing…
For this Saturday’s artsy post, I want to present to you a picture from one of my favorite States. I am presently writing a detailed post about New Mexico but wanted to give you one of my favorite pictures of Santa Fe. It has been my desktop background for several months now: Continue reading Land Of Enchantment
I can remember visiting the 1964 World’s Fair in New York on my high school senior trip. It was practically the first time, except for a few short vacation vacations, that I had been out of the State. We took a bus from Indiana to New York and then down to Washington DC. We were the first class in our very small rural high school who … Continue reading Flying Cars
Mutual toleration is a term that I didn’t know existed but it does almost perfectly describe the current political problems. President Trump hasn’t destroyed the republic. This should not surprise us. Our democratic institutions are strong. And Mr. Trump, despite his reckless attacks on democratic norms, is a weak and inept leader. But that doesn’t mean democracy is safe. The problems we face run deeper … Continue reading Mutual Toleration
I suspect there has not been a kid alive that didn’t have to be forced to do his grade school homework. In my day parental threats were used to accomplish that task, today enticements most often are likely used. Here is my list of the consequences of not doing your homework: When you don’t do your homework you make terribly uninformed decisions. – When you don’t … Continue reading What Happens When You Don’t Do Your Homework?
I have been struggling here at RJsCorner trying to figure out the best way to get my photo collection out there. I spend literally hours each week massaging photos to make them their best and I want others to see and hopefully appreciate my efforts. I say, and I do believe, that I take photos and travel as I do for my own benefit but … Continue reading I Love Flickr…
I now have over 3,000 posts here at RJsCorner and in a number of them I made some predictions. Every once in a while I need to revisit those posts, especially those where I got my predictions wrong. This is one of them. In this post below, I predicted that there was no way Trump could win the presidency. But I did leave myself an out … Continue reading Looking Back…
I am beginning to think that the phrase “Ignorance is Bliss” is a very appropriate condition in trying to keep informed in the political world today. There is just so much phoniness and lies floating around that world now as to make it uninhabitable. But in most areas of life knowing more about a topic results in better-informed decisions and lifestyles. Being proudly ignorant is … Continue reading Evangelical Christians Fear Knowledge
For this Artsy Saturday, I wanted to give you some pictures that I see as the quintessential Cleveland. I am not a sports nut by any stretch of the imagination so their well-known teams just aren’t “Cleveland” to me. The Cleveland Clinic is a crown jewel for the city but I will talk about that in a future post. When I visited the city a … Continue reading Cleveland Treasures
There is just something about small-town facades that fascinates me. It is probably because of the symmetry and patterns. I am currently working on a photo collection that will soon be available in the “Photo Collections” pages in the header above. This one was taken recently in Rockville Indiana. One thing unusual about this photo is that none of the windows above the store are boarded or … Continue reading Facades
Will a day come in the future that the GOP will actually celebrate the years of the Trump presidency? That seems to be an extremely unlikely scenario but I can see how it could happen. The reason I say that is because the Democrats celebrate what they call one of their party’s best presidents when I think he was anything but that. To me, this … Continue reading Future GOP Celebrations of the Trump Presidency??
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