September 17, 2024
by Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, “I love ice cream.” “I hate pickles.” Have you ever said something along this line of expression? When you speak, when you express yourself, do you ever give a thought to the power that your words carry? Love and Hate are two words that bring real power to…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion-On Love/HateDear Friends, It seems that everyone is talking about how divided our country has become; be it movies, TV shows, food (diet), education, work, or politics. I admit that I was caught up in this division of what matters and what needs to be done but I finally took time to really look at…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion – On Differencesby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, When you look back on your childhood, are there memories of happy times? Were you free to play outside, ride your bike, go fishing, swimming, camping, or, on rainy days read, play board games, perhaps you drew or painted. Did you have chores to do? How about your…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion-On Food Prices and InflationDear Friends, Are you old enough to remember the end of radio shows like “Lights Out”, “Milton Berle”, “Gunsmoke” or “Wrestling”? Maybe you remember TV shows of the 50’s that came from radio; Mike Hammer, You Bet Your Life, Burns and Allen, and so many like; Father Knows Best, My Little Margie, The Life…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Superheroes Of Days Gone ByDear Friends, How was your Easter? Do you still dye hard boiled eggs and did the Easter Bunny hide them for the children to find to put in their Easter baskets? Did you celebrate with a special holiday meal, family, and friends? Chips, dips, pretzels, and other assorted snacks like weenies, cheese sticks, maybe…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Easterby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, Growing up, did you hear these words, “women are the weaker sex?” How about the old joke; “My dad can whip your dad.” “Big deal, so can my mom.” In reality, are women the weaker of the two? Let us go back further to my grandmother, born before…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Women and WorkingDear Friends, Food, a subject I can really sink my teeth into, sorry it just had to be said, by me. Now, let us get serious, when you talk versatile food is there anything more versatile than milk? First thing in the morning how many of us enjoy a nice cold glass of milk?…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On MilkDear Friends, I have often spoken of growing up country, comin to visit through the back door into the “mud room” then into the kitchen. The coal stove hot, a pot of coffee ready for drinkin, just set down at the long table with a bench on one side and six chairs on the…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Late Night Poker gamesby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, Everyone enjoys a good meal, I know I do, breakfast; Cream dried beef over the hash browns with buttered toast on the side, or two fried eggs with home fried potatoes and scrapple. Lunch a big bowl of chili with chopped onions and shredded cheese and a hot…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My opinion- On PopcornDear Friends, Summer time meant so many things to the youth of the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s summer vacation, riding bikes, fishing, camping, swimming, drive in movies, and best of all, no homework. Then there was Daylight Savings Time complete with a cute way of being remembered “Spring forward – Fall back”. At first…
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