Life could be a fool with six partners, a man with six things to do, with one pair of hands and one brain with two halves. What more is there to say or do? If I wasn't thinking of perhaps becoming a vegetarian, I might go to the flower bed and eat worms. Big fat … Continue reading Th Vegetable

On this day in 1666 the Marquis de Tracy, military governor of New France (1663-67), led an army of 1000 French regulars, 600 New France militia and 100 Hurons and Algonquins in 300 boats and canoes to attack the Mohawk nation. They arrived at the deserted village of Andarague after a rain-soaked march of several … Continue reading October 16th

We must not desire to obtain things of value by paying nothing for them. There is a cost to all things worth having. You cannot recover lost seconds or souls, smashed into splintered bone, reckless, cruel and savage. A smooth stone buried in the muck pretending to be a jewel, alive and wasted beneath trees shattered by wind. Time, born from nothing, … Continue reading TBD

Know this about those things that trouble you most deeply: Life is NOW. Do not forgive and just forget; forgive and move on, knowing that we are all just humans, we are all frail in some way, we are all imperfect. Emotion that hinders the mind in thinking does not help us to move forward. … Continue reading Life is NOW

On this day in 1066, my 29th Great Grand Uncle William, Duke of Normandy (aka William the Conqueror), defeated Harold Godwinson (aka Harold II King of England, also a very distant relative of mine and many of you) at the Battle of Hastings. William was crowned as King of England on Christmas Day 1066. The wise … Continue reading To Conquer