Christmas – 2019
To my family and friends and all other readers of the Townehouse, here are a few thoughts I have had about Christmas over the past few days. I would like to share them with all […]
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Friends? Really?
I must admit, I am not a big fan of the so-called social media, I think it is a mistake to use the word social as for too often it is anything but social. Frequently […]
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Black and White World
Some years ago my youngest son asked me if the whole world was in black and white when I was a child. I suspect he arrived at this conclusion from looking at old black […]
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Set in My Ways!
As I have gotten older I find that the concept of “being set in your ways” is mostly true. I find I am most comfortable if I have a routine that I follow. My days […]
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Thanksgiving Day – 2017
I hate to think that I am going to start this Thanksgiving day with a rant, but yeah, that is what I am going to do. I know this is supposed to be a day […]
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The Land of the Free?
I cannot help but wonder what the results would be if one conducted a man on the street interview and asked the question “Why is July 4th a holiday?”. How many would respond that it […]
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Like A Bad Penny
There is an old idiom about a bad penny and such seems to be the case about former Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffery Blackwell, who was fired as chief on September 9th, 2015. I believed that […]
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Our Nation’s Greatest Shame!
Previously I have written about the plight of homeless veterans. I have referred to this as our Nation’s shame and I have stated that the word homeless should never be used as an adjective to […]
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