The lawlessness and chaos of recent days are greatly disturbing. Many years ago, I defined my three greatest heroes as Jesus, Gandhi, and King. They were extremists and the three men have made the most profound and positive impact on humanity since hominids began to walk upright. Common to each is his conviction that love, […]
Category Archives: Mind
How Good People Can Be
Every time someone shows me how bad people can be, someone steps up to show me how good people can be. Years ago, a friend recommended to Mrs. tVM and me the PBS series Call the Midwife. I have been around since the dawn of TV. I remember Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Smith. I […]
Meet Me in OZ
I love America. I love the freedoms bestowed upon me as an American citizen, freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution and its 27 Amendments. As much as I love America, that is how much I dislike the selfish way too many Americans interpret our freedoms such that they consider themselves entitled and refuse to be considerate […]
Lessons from Grackle
We have many birds in our neighborhood and one of the most popular is the Great-tailed Grackle. Like all birds, they rise exactly 30 minutes prior to sunrise, and I hear them throughout the day and see them on the adobe walls in my backyard. Last week, Mrs. tVM saw a nest in our neighbor’s […]
Making Lincoln Smile
I find it less easy to be critical of young people since my return to the desert. The kids in my neighborhood – a healthy mix from varied cultural backgrounds – are energetic, openly friendly and polite, and seem to spend less time fixed to video screens than I have become accustomed to. Early in […]
About Dogs, God and Politics
In my quirky novella with its even quirkier title The Sixth Day, a 17,175-Page Novella About Creation and Prizefighting, I suggested that God should have quit creating after he made his perfect creation, the dog. I feel more strongly about it today in an America where partisan politics strangle the common man and attempt to […]
Amazing Stories from the Desert: Project Corona
I have recently been hawking the authentic picture of Bigfoot my wife captured on film during a recent hike in the Casa Grande Mountains. No takers. Go figure. Yesterday, I hiked the North Picacho Mountains searching for petroglyphs with my friends Chuck and Kurt. While we found a treasure trove of petroglyphs, the highlight had […]
The Third Fall
There is no disgrace in failure. It is okay to fail, and it is good to recall your failures because when you do, you will remember the times you dropped to your knees and then found the strength and courage to stand back up. I believe that Jesus is the word incarnate. He lived for […]
If You Have a Father
If you have a father, if you have had a father, if you are a father… the list could go on. Without a doubt, you are on the list. If you are – which you are – you are obligated to watch “The Sparrow.” It is a mere 5 1/2 minutes. Nearly a two decades […]
Fortuitously Serendipitous
Fortuitous and serendipitous. Two of my favorite words. The one, happening by chance; the other, occurring by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Regardless of word choice, I am fortuitously and serendipitously lucky to be living in the home that found me and Mrs. tVM across the street from the Highland Manor Park when […]