11 hours agoMember-onlyNight of a thousand candlesRecently Katy and I joined a social group on Facebook called Charleston SC Friends. We decided that since we do not have a lot of friends our age maybe it would be good to look within our local community to find some new friends. What is funny is that this…Holiday Season5 min readHoliday Season5 min read
Nov 25Writing from Trident HospitalI spent the night in the ER thanks to chest pain episode around 10 pm last night. Wife called 911 and after playing 20 questions with her they dispatched fire and EMS which arrived quickly. Five minutes after they loaded me on the bus I felt better. My entire left…Chest Pain2 min readChest Pain2 min read
Nov 23Member-onlyHappy Thanksgiving 2023I want to wish everyone who reads this a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving. There are a lot of people who take time off for the holidays to spend time with family and friends. I for one am looking to having some downtime from the daily hussle and work responsibilities. I…Thanksgiving Day3 min readThanksgiving Day3 min read
Nov 16Member-onlyNew Substack PodcastHello everyone ! I am expanding my horizons with regards to podcasting. As you know we have two podcasts on Spotify. One is Liberty and Gun Rights and one is Parenting Adult children. I have started branching out to Substack as an experiment. One motivator is to get more engagement…Podcasting1 min readPodcasting1 min read
Nov 7Member-onlyCapturing beautiful things on cameraJust recently I decided to buy a new camera. I was motivated to do this by always needing to find an image for my Medium articles and never having one. I know that a quality image spices things up and attracts more readers. I have read a lot of stories…Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
Oct 30Member-onlyPodcasts I hostI need to get better at advertising my podcasts. So, this is going to be a short article about two podcasts I host.Liberty1 min readLiberty1 min read
Oct 27Member-onlyFidget SpinnersNot too long ago the organization I work for celebrated 50 years of service in our community. One of the ways they showed their appreciation of that service was to give each employee and contractor a green bag filled with goodies. Within the bag was a water bottle with the…Anxiety Relief4 min readAnxiety Relief4 min read
Oct 18Member-onlyWhere are we going?I am sitting here at my second job working security. I could be doing worse things I suppose. I just watched an Amtrak train zoom by with its horn just a blaring. …Life4 min readLife4 min read
Oct 8Member-onlyAddiction and relationshipsBeing a friend to someone can either be a wonderful experience or that relationship can slowly suck the life out of you. Let me explain. In order to be a good friend you have to be willing to live and let live. You have to decide how much of your…Addiction4 min readAddiction4 min read
Oct 8Member-onlyDo you know your friends…Just recently I decided I was tired of scrolling social media on my iPad and I was not in the mood to scroll down the list of shows on our cable tv guide. I knew that all I was going to find were shows that I have already seen many…Family4 min readFamily4 min read