First Tee is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to positively impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs.  The core values taught  are honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance,  and courtesy....

I look forward each year to watching the Master’s at Augusta National. It is a beautiful golf venue that attracts the very best players in the world. I always find myself rooting for Jordan Spieth even though his game has been less than world class over the past few...

I went to the store today to pick up a few items before we headed to McCall to ski. I had the good fortune to get to visit with Rosie.  There are a few people in the world who are genuinely kind, thoughtful, empathetic, passionate about children, people, and...

When was the last time you felt compelled to call someone a name.  A recent Huffington Post article suggests most of us gave up that childish approach in Junior High or maybe continued through high school if you were very immature.  Most of us have figured...

Ok, I borrowed this statement from a picketer’s sign as reported by Rachel Maddow.  In our current crisis, it is a sadly clever reminder of George Floyd’s tragic end of life experience.  Since the Orange Wanker suggested that California could contain its...

I watch and listen mostly in sadness to the current state of the United States and Idaho political leadership. Karen and I have re-engaged with the real world in the last few weeks as we are following Canadian’s in an “elbows up” approach to the current oligarchical...

I read an article about Johnny Cash this week. I was really just looking for a reprieve from all the awful news related to the tragedy that is unfolding in our country. Growing up listening to the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull. Fleetwood Mac and even...

I saw a clever and appropriate post from Governor Tim Walz, “I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national Security advisor.”  Get Smart was the creation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry premiering in 1965. Agent 86 was played by Don Adam’s and his trusted DEI...

I was trying to send a business e mail message to one person named Paula and accidentally sent it to another person of the same name. Kind of a butt dial but not exactly. It was not a message that  would be embarrassing to have in public, but it should not have been...