I’m taking some time off from RJsCorner to do some yard work and other special projects. One of those projects is to bring up a new website for my photo portfolios. Flickr and such just don’t meet my requirements so I am designing a site of my own. My Information Technology (IT) experience comes in handy even in my retirement years. 🙂 I’ll let you … Continue reading On Vacation Until ??
I am very serious about trying to wrestle control of our political processes from the two dominant parties. I am convinced that they are just too entwined in battling each other to be focusing on what is good for those who they represent. Adding another political party is critical to changing things. BUT, maybe not this time around. There is one thing that should drive … Continue reading Vote Independent … But Maybe Not This Time
I am proudly a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ. His words are the very foundation for my spiritual life. But, don’t read that as to mean that I am religious. I have for the most part given up that quest. All this so far leads into the point of the post but is not the topic. In the last two years, #CO3 has … Continue reading The One Thing I Hate The Most…
For this artsy Saturday post, I want your mind to ponder a thought instead of pictures. I wonder how many of us go through life surrounded by beauty but are oblivious to that fact. Continue reading Love The Ordinary…
The picture here from my Facebook friend The Idealist brought back some rather pleasant memories. In the past and to a much lesser degree even today I have often sat out on a starry night and talked to myself about life. These were often times where I was approaching meltdown due to having so many people around me. One of the main purposes was to … Continue reading Thinking About Life
The Republican base, that is those who consistently vote for that party, are coming tragically close to total fracture. Given what went on in #CO3’s recent Helsinki private meetings with the Russian dictator, the GOP outside of the Trumpsters should be making it very clear that #CO3’s action border critically close to treason and certainly fall well within the failure of his oath of office. … Continue reading The Fracturing Of The GOP
This post is primarily about my recent visit to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. But first, I want to get some things off my mind in relation to Ford’s contributions to America. It is pretty well known that Henry Ford established the middle class here in America, or at least the easiest path to the middle class. He allowed someone with little or … Continue reading Robots And Henry Ford
This is a post about my first and last venture to a rock concert, or whatever they might call them nowadays. When I got an advance ticket to the Madison Regatta recently it asked me if I also wanted a ticket to the rock concert being promoted by another entity. I have never been to a music fest so, even though I am deaf, I … Continue reading Rock Concerts
My father was one of those people who could not deal with his own mortality. When a discussion was about death issues, he would say “this is too gruesome” and leave the room. He just didn’t want to think about it. I, on the other hand, have no qualms about discussing my own death. In fact, I am ready to accept it as each day … Continue reading About Our Personal Mortality…
When I got a recent comment from one of my regular viewers I realized it was time for another post about Autism. This one is about senior citizens who are autistic but are generally undiagnosed. A recognized statistics is that there are over a million of us that are autistic in the Baby Boomer generation alone. Even if those million were suddenly officially diagnosed to … Continue reading Autism In The Elderly?
Looking at the picture for this artsy Saturday post, it looks like it could have been taken a hundred years ago. But, in reality, it was taken about a month ago at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan. Continue reading Cars & Bicycles
I suppose the title of this post has different meanings to different people. From recent comments, it is used to describe the “post-truth” era that many seem to think we are in. To many, the hardest years are the ones that they are currently living in. Being a history guy I have a longer view than that. But this is not at all what this … Continue reading The Hardest Years…
Fear of this or that is so prominent in our American society right now. A substantial minority on the right fringe of our political system has made fear a foundation of their lives. But the most tragic thing is that those on the rest of the political spectrum have allowed the rather thin minority’s fear to convince us that all hope is lost! I know, … Continue reading Don’t Give In To The Fear…
I don’t want to be united with people who think Trump is a good person The words above came from a comment to the Facebook posting that centered around the picture here. It got me to thinking about my personal attitude about those who think Trump is a good person. I just returned from a uRV trip to see the Madison Regatta in southern Indiana. … Continue reading I Don’t Want To…
Being a person with some strong Aspie traits, I just don’t handle stressful situations well. Fortunately, I don’t totally lose it as the word meltdown infers but I quit acting like an adult and instead am a panicked kid. In autism studies, these episodes are called meltdowns so I will call them that for the purposes of this post. One of my most prominent stressors … Continue reading Autism and Meltdown
It is a well-publicised fact that 81% of white evangelicals voted to put the current occupant in the Oval Office. On that subject, I ran across this interesting book entitled Believe Me. It is written by one of the 19% who voted the other way. Here is a small segment of an interview with the author: Finally, you dedicate your book to the 19 percent … Continue reading Why White Evangelicals…
I am a pro-life person in all regards. I totally believe that all human life is sacred. One of the ironic things about some people is that while they detest some forms of the taking of human life, mainly fetuses, they celebrate killing in too many other circumstances. I am pro-life in all regards. We in the USA just seem to be a very belligerent … Continue reading Sometimes Necessary, But Never Celebrated…
Most of my life I have had a veggie garden to tend. They have varied in size from 75 x 125 feet to patio pots. There is just something about raising your own food that is primal with me. My wife, on the other hand, is a flower garden person. Every year, even though she is in her upper 70s she, with the help of … Continue reading Veggies vs Flowers…
I believe that I live in a country that is just as flawed, but in different ways, as most others in the world today. One of the most serious flaws is that we have an inordinate love of our guns. Our culture is primarily centered around violence. We are four percent of the world’s population, yet own almost fifty percent of the world’s guns. But … Continue reading Bullets Or The Ballot Box…
A few months ago I told you that I was moving my InSearchOfAmerica stuff to Flickr. That site now has over 800 pictures and about 8,000 visits of my travels throughout America. That is pretty good but one thing that is missing are words. Flickr is primarily a visual media and there is just not much there to support the written word. So, to eliminate … Continue reading Just Doesn’t Hack It…
If I were a conspiracy theorists I would believe that #CO3 and his cohorts have this all planned out. First, they try to convince everyone who will listen that the current news media is all fake and not to be trusted. And then they put out their version of news as shown by this New York Times snippet below shows. I’m sure their base believes … Continue reading DoubleSpeak…
I am always looking to add new features and sections here at RJsCorner. Trying to improve everything in my life is what makes it ultimately satisfying. In the same light, trying to hold on to eternal optimism is a BIG challenge given so much of what is happening in the world today. I have vowed to back away from the ugly world of American politics … Continue reading Always Looking…
I took a uRV trip to Madison Indiana for the annual Madison Regatta this past weekend. This is the first time I have been there so it was on my bucket list. I am generally not a powerboat racing fan but it was neat to see these guys go 100+ mph across the water. If you want to see more pics, check out my Flickr … Continue reading Madison Regatta
It has been a while since I put out a post about Autism concentrating primarily on Aspbergers’ Syndrome. This post will be about sensory sensitivity. Of course, that means being sensitive to sight, touch, taste, sound, and smell and is often a symptom of Autism. I continue to discover new traits in my life that point me to Aspbergers. This one came from a billboard … Continue reading Autism & Sensory Sensitivity
Being a person who has always been fascinated about how things work, I thought for this artsy Saturday I would give you a picture from my recent trip to Greenfield Village at the Ford Museum. The building containing this picture was a scale replica of Edison’s first electric generating plant. I’m not sure exactly what it is but I love the detail and mystic. Continue reading Whatever??
One thing that seems to be pretty prevalent in American life today is that everyone wants what it took my generation years to get, NOW. They simply don’t want to wait until they have earned enough, or become wise enough for it to happen. I know our world is going faster now but sometimes you just need to mellow a little longer before you get … Continue reading Wanting It All NOW!!
“Best doctor in the world is a veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what’s the matter. He’s just got to know.” – Will Rogers This quote from Will came to mind recently while my wife was going to doctors trying to determine the cause of her recent ailments. In the last couple of months, she has had three emergency room visits, two of them by … Continue reading The Best Doctor In The World…
Happy 4th of July everyone. Let us pray that we have many more to celebrate. Continue reading Happy 4th…
We all like to think we are special, especially during our teenage years. We are trying to find our own identity but due to the lack of creativity in us we pretty much all end up being the same as everyone else. In some ways, the feeling of being special is very isolating and sometimes even harmful. It is much easier to just go with … Continue reading We All Like To Think We Are Special
Thank you to my Facebook friend Idealist for giving me the exact word for how I feel about today’s political environment. Continue reading I’m Exhaustipated…
This particular post has probably stewed in my draft box for longer than any here at RJsCorner in the ten or so years of its existence. It has finally ripened. I believe we are at a point in this world where, if we are to survive, we have to start thinking and acting globally. The tribalism/populism that is happening around the today is the perhaps … Continue reading My Weekly Squawk – Tribal vs Global
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