Lets Jump Together

Time is the coin of your life.  It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
- Carl Sandburg

How easy it is to let others decide things for us sometimes.
And sometimes that is just what is [...]

Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die.
-by Abraham Lincoln

I came upon this quote today, and thought it was a good one to share.
My grandmother used to say, It makes the day worth living if you have laughed at [...]

I read a post on another blog this past week, and it got me thinking.
Bobbie, over at The Right Blue recounted a story she was told years ago.
The main point of the story was that everybody has a different way of looking at things - and some are very different indeed.
So as we were taking [...]

Hunting season has begun in our neck of the woods.
Time to dress in orange anytime we go near the woods.
Out dirt road cuts in between two patches of pretty good sized woods, so we have taken to wearing our orange even when we walk down it.
Except for the bird shot used for turkey and ducks, [...]

I am not one to preach and hound about many things, but after an experience I had today, I thought I had better pass along a reminder.
Times are tight everywhere which makes desparate people even more desparate.
They do stupid and dangerous things which may involve you.
Don’t be a victim, use your common sense, and don’t [...]

Fact or fiction, I am convinced it works.
Have you ever heard of anyone who can add the art of dowsing or divining to their lists of accomplishments?
I have had the joy of knowing such a person and I am a believer.
Are you aware of what a Dowser does?
Dowsing dates back to ancient times, and it [...]

This image is a NASA illustration that shows the space junk that is orbiting the Earth.

When I first saw this image I was totally astounded - I couldn’t believe we had polluted our atmosphere to this degree.

Through the years we had heard off and on about satellites being put into orbit, and of course we [...]