Scattered Thoughts . . .

When I saw this photo that I shot of Sheila and Kenzie, it immediately reminded me of a line which was said to me more than thirty years ago... "A little culture never hurt anyone". Although it was said to me decades ago, it is a line which has always stuck in my mind and is a line which I believe in deeply. Also, it is memorable line from a time of my life I will never forget.  I certainly agree with this sentiment. Culture is a good thing. Learning about as much culture as possible is a good thing. Understanding culture is important simply to become an understanding, educated person. Being exposed to a varied culture at a young age is a very good thing. Seeing Kenzie excitedly looking at the jacket of Les Miserables left me feeling good about exposing the kids to culture in art, music, and life.  A little over thirty years ago, my squadron commander said these very words to me... "A little culture never hurt anyone" and these words made a very deep imp

Sheila and I had a visit from the grandchildren this past Saturday. As always, we had fun with the kids... some train videos, playing with the trains, watched Planes , had some lunch, watched Finding Nemo (I slept through most of this movie... we had hoped the kids would sleep too but, no such luck), and we watched a bunch of short Choo Choo Soul videos. They really enjoy the Choo Choo Soul videos, especially Lukey, and they get a bit animated so I thought I would do a quick post here to share a short video of the kids dancing around the living room while watching Choo Choo Soul...