Share what you know about the year you were born. I know little of the year I was born. I suppose that then as now, I reconcile what I know with that particular time through my current political ideology, and with President Eisenhower in firm control of the world stage, we were at the apex…

Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why? Almost all of my family lived in Tennessee in 2020, most lived in Knoxville. We put our little cabin and small farm up for sale and were moving. The choice of where to was a difficult one and had been narrowed to Knoxville or somewhere south of…

What would your life be like without music? Every decade of my life is marked by the music that came blaring out of the radio that was seemingly always on. The sixties provided a transition from swing to rock and roll, while several in my family listened to nothing but country music. The seventies provided…

If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? Democrat.

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. I have told so many stories on here that I honestly can’t remember if I’ve told an earlier version of this story or not but regardless, I’m about to tell it now. It was in the middle of April 1975 and I was a…

What are your top ten favorite movies? Some movies draw me to them in such a way that make it impossible to channel surf past, so I will try to categorize and in no particular order but #1 is without a doubt… Pulp Fiction. This movie is perfect. The Shawshank Redemption. Kill Bill v1. Saving…

What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? My body clock seems to prefer sleeping from around 2am to 8 am. I enjoy the solitude that the night offers.

What's a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I have an uncanny ability to pick the slowest checkout line in whichever store I’m in. Even if I move into the fastest moving line, it immediately slows down as soon as I am in it. ws

List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? The Holy Bible has provided an anchor in troubled waters. 1984 has provided a glimpse into a world of excessive government control. Atlas Shrugged provides a roadmap to ruin by picking winners and losers through biased regulation.