Essential Actions Please, not words or Parades
I’m glad Michael McPhearson wrote this. I was wanting to do something similar for my blog. As a vet I share Michael’s sentiments expressed here. I have expressed similar musings […]
Category Archives: National Holiday
For Valentine’s – A Few Words in Support of “Love”
On the busiest day of the year for it I’m actually working for a friend today who owns a florist shop and thought of this post I wrote last year. […]
Christmas Minimalists
Don’t you just love this time of year that maxes out credit cards and unites families to revisit arguments from the year before? And how better to exhibit this joy than […]
Warm Wishes to You All
Spend time laughing, loving and sharing with those you find yourself surrounded with today. And please keep in mind and support those underpaid over-worked employees at Wal-Mart who are risking […]
Oh God! How Does an Apostate Deal With Prayer at the Family Thanksgiving Dinner?
There are those of us who no longer consider ourselves part of the religious community we were raised in but will be hosting family affairs this Thanksgiving where most attendees […]
My Life as a Tom – a Perspective
Why do I start feeling uneasy when the leaves start changing colors? What is it about this time of year that creates a need for me to put […]
Today is Veteran’s Day
Hug a VET RELATED ARTICLE: Veterans Day and a caution against the cult of the military
What We Should Really Be Celebrating On the 4th of July.
Though it’s the date we celebrate each 4th of July, it is the direction that the signing of our Declaration pointed us in that needs to be acknowledged each year […]
The Unrecognized Joy (and Humor) of Fatherhood
This is a piece I wrote over two years ago before I began my blog here at Woodgate’s View that addresses the issue of being a new dad; a timely topic […]
For Valentine’s – A Few Words in Support of “Love”
It’s hard to get pumped up about a holiday that is bogusly named after a christian martyr and who had nothing to do with romance. For Valentine’s Day, love is […]
