FOOTNOTE: Starting Over
© By Paul T. Jackson
All of us who are starting over are really at the point of a new beginning. It would be far better to use the term ‘starting anew.’ There are lots of beginnings. There are new births, new jobs, new skill
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FOOTNOTE: AUGUST 2026
I’m reading the book, The Dangerous Act of Worship, and thinking about how Christians are perceived, at least here in America by the un-churched, and those who have left the church, and in reflection, I am concluding, we as a gr
FOOTNOTE: JULY 2026
I was contemplating going camping this weekend, after a hiatus of some 8 years not
doing anything like this. Most of my camping has always been done with others or some
partner. I’ve been waiting for someone to be discovered who wou
FOOTNOTE: June 2026
Greetings again:
Love. This is one of the 102 topics and chapters of the Great Books of the
Western World in the Great Ideas Syntopicon volume 2 and 3 of the Great
Books encyclopedic set. There, in Chapter 50 we find, as Ed McMahon
us
Footnotes; May 2026
This past month I received a wonderful real life photo shoot of polar bears and sled dogs becoming friends, hugging and kissing and playing together. You can see it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8
That g
Blessings and hello.
This past month I've been thinking a lot about Death. The subject came up, not just because of the popular movie, Bucket List, which I've never seen, Or the books, 10 fun things to do before you die, Unforgettable things to do be
I once had a poster placed on the end panel of the prison library shelving. It read, “Showing up for work and other keys to Success.” I also liked the poster that announced, “Those who say it can’t be done should never interrupt the one doing it.”
I was going to write a really neat essay on something or other, but forgot what it was.
A recent bit of humor, sent to me about the 83-year-old woman who talked herself out of a speeding ticket because, she told the officer, she needed to get there b
