Author: jpchess13

Every Saturday in December, we will share a Beers at the Nifty “Christmas classic”. Today’s post originally ran 12/25/2020 –

… Any resemblance to our houseguests – past or present – is purely coincidental… House guests. Can’t live with ‘em,

Thanksgiving used to be so easy, so relaxing – my favorite holiday. But then ‘correctness’ struck, and things got complicated…

Is virtue untested virtue at all? Our Catechism teaching the virtuous are ‘morally good’ – which somehow can only be

Reality intrudes. But reality also envelops us, and where I ‘should be living my life’, as Sr. Mary Gump told

Today we thank veterans for their service – something we should do more often, but a start…   My Father

We take a lot for granted.   Part being lucky enough to live in America, part plain old humanness. Watching

“Where have you gone Tight End Bowers? The Peach State turns its lonely eyes to you…” (With apologies to Simon

You haven’t changed a bit! You look exactly the same! Felt great to hear at a recent reunion, but as

I finally found my permanent record. Not nearly as incriminating as I feared. It was being kept in a filing