It’s been a while since I pulled out “My 10 Pillars” here on RJsCorner. I developed this list about four years ago to remind me what is important in my life. Maybe actually living by these pillars, instead of just … Continue reading Being Happy?
Passions in my life seem to come and go, but a few stick around almost forever. Twenty years ago, I was passionate about learning more about the origins and history of Christianity. That passion subsided about ten years later, with … Continue reading My Passions Come And Go…
It takes a certain type of person to appreciate goats. Let’s face it, for some of us, all they do is eat, poop, and are generally nasty. But some others just love them despite, or maybe because of these characteristics. … Continue reading Goats & Aspies…
I seem to be quickly disengaging myself from the part of the world that disturbs me the most. Of course, the primary one is politics. I used to look at politics with a helicopter view, now it is more like … Continue reading Becoming Disentangled From The World
I just don’t understand our current times. I remember getting a couple of substantial checks from the government in the last year or so, to help me in case I was one of the 10% who lost my job to … Continue reading Help Wanted???
Before I get into the meat of this post, I have to give you a story about how I got here. I know people have to earn a living, and one of the major ways that writers do that is … Continue reading I Don’t Do Advertisements, But…
I am quickly approaching 5,000 posts here on RJsCorner. I know some of you browse my past writings, but at best that is a hit/miss type thing. So, I am starting up a new category which will be shown at … Continue reading Personal Favorites?
Now that I have moved totally into streaming, I am watching all the old TV comedies that I loved. It just seems like they were better in the good old days. OMG, I am becoming one of those old farts … Continue reading A Nation Of Huggers…
I have always been a dreamer. I still sit out on starry nights thinking about my future. I have done that for the last seventy years. But, there is another side to dreaming, and that is to dream what my … Continue reading Always Greener…
I have been blogging for almost fifteen years now, thirteen of them here at RJsCorner. I will soon exceed 5,000 posts here, and for the last five years or so, the posts are, as my header says, is a daily … Continue reading About Journaling… One More Time
Overthinking is kind of like Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities. It is the best of things, it is the worst of things. But what is the difference between thinking about something and overthinking? I pride myself on the words that … Continue reading Overthinking…
I am a fan of “Anne of Green Gables” in almost all of its forms. It is the story of a spunky orphan who grew up on Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada. That type of story is kind of … Continue reading Finding My “Kindred Spirit”…
I am starting to lose interest in what was once my major hobby. I kind of pride myself in taking well composed photographs of many of the historic sites I have visited. Sometimes I have taken ten minutes to figure … Continue reading Fake Photos & Edward G Robinson…
I have always been enthralled about the Michelangelo’s painting on the ceiling chapel of God touching man. If God is the omnipotent being with all the wisdom of the universe, then just to touch his finger would probably make me … Continue reading The Secret Of Life…
Over the years, meaning the last two decades, I have developed a certain writing process that has proven to bring out my creativity and illustrate my love of words. But, now as a widowed retirement community resident, that process has … Continue reading Being More Creative & Productive?
This is going to be one of my “fun”/ off-the-wall posts, so hang in there. Because tattoos are forever, and I don’t even know where I will be physically, mentally, or spiritually even a week from now, I just can’t … Continue reading I Don’t Do Tattoos…
Will we ever see an end to this pandemic? It seems like one yellow light after another, with no end in sight. That is the most depressing place to be. That is what this post is all about. “There are … Continue reading Only Yellow Lights…
It seems like it is an oxymoron that there are more jobs available than there are workers to take them. But, we must realize that this condition was brought on by some radical changes in our society. This looks like … Continue reading 10 Million Job Openings/8.4 Million Unemployed??
The idea for the title above came from a recent post by Philip Gulley. He basically says that We are morally at risk when we see only the light of [fill in the blank] and never its shadow. I agree, … Continue reading Without Looking At The Shadows.
It seems that I am now in some new stage of grief from my wife’s recent death. It has been two months today that she drew her last breath. I think up till now I have just been consumed with … Continue reading Stages of Grief…
I know President Biden has tried many different approaches to get LMPIs (lazy-minded, proudly-ignorant) people to get a vaccination. He has offered cash incentives and even an instant lottery ticket for only those who take the shot. That doesn’t seem … Continue reading Another Approach…
I have spent many hours in these pandemic months in my barn working on my µRV (micro RV for those who don’t know Greek). She now has a front deflector that gives me an extra three miles-per-gallon. Even though it … Continue reading Still Dreaming…
This is going to be one of those epiphany posts where I learn a little about myself. One of my favorite quotes comes from the sci-fi movie called Tron. Chaos, Good News I read that to mean that sometimes we … Continue reading Chaos, Good News…
This rather dusty picture is one of my most treasured wedding gifts from 35 years ago. It was from my wife’s best friend’s mother. I immediately thought of the phrase “Life is a bowl of cherries” and wondered just how … Continue reading A Bowl Of Cherries…
One of my readers recently pulled up a post I wrote in 2015 about knowing. It is something I want to bring up again for those who have not seen it. We should all be constantly in block 4, always … Continue reading About Knowing…
I want to put on my fiscal conservative hat for this post. On a personal level, the retirement community where I live is having problems filling all the positions needed to provide their usual excellent service. It seems that almost … Continue reading Giving Money Away…
Looking back on my life, I realize that I have always had a very active imagination. Starting at a very young age I would sit out on the dew covered grass at night staring at the stars and dreaming about … Continue reading An Alternative Universe
I think this is the first time in my entire life that I have not had another heartbeat in my abode. It started out with two brothers and parents, but that was soon be culled down to one brother and … Continue reading I Liked Having Another Heartbeat Around The House
I never thought I would describe myself as being a victim of PTSD, but when thinking about what I went through during the end-of-life three-months with my wife, the description seems to fit. That is what this post is all … Continue reading PTSD…
I know many people are threatened by the term “White Privilege”. To some, it means that all those minorities are going to take over. That frightens them, the same way the Apartheid did to whites in South Africa. Being afraid … Continue reading White Privilege Does Not Mean…
If you believe all these conspiracy theories that people dream up, you are probably convinced that COVID-19 was a China plan to wreck America. Or maybe it was a Russian plan? I don’t keep track of all these things. And … Continue reading IT’S YOUR FAULT!!
Sadly, there are many Vietnam vets who are stuck inside their war experiences throughout their life. I’m not one of those, as I flunked my draft physical due to hearing loss and therefore avoided that tragic consequence. Where I am … Continue reading I’m Stuck In the 1960’s and 70’s
I know I am supposed to tell you that America’s best days are still ahead of us. And that when we have defeated those who try to tear us down, it will be worth the struggles we are currently plagued … Continue reading America’s Future?
The new RJsCorner is going to include stories about my current life and times. I now reside in a retirement community and just didn’t know what to expect before I came. I have been here about three weeks now, but … Continue reading RetComLife #1 – Introducing RetComLife
The word “family” means different things to different people. When I grew up in the 1950s and 60s, I never really had much of a sense of family being something particularly important. I would find out later that was primarily … Continue reading Family
In the new RJsCorner I will pretty much limit my political posts to one day a week and that is on Monday. I have for the most part been away from all this political madness for more than two months … Continue reading It Grieves Me…
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