There is a question that is posed from time to time and depending on the verbiage of said question, it is one in which the answer affords the possibility of a simple yes or no, or, a volume as thick as War and Peace. I pondered the question the other day as the discussion began […]
It started in the fall of 1978. The West Marion Trojans opened the football season against the Columbia Wildcats. I was a sophomore and was starting in my first high school football game. I think I weighed about 130 pounds, but that may be stretching it a bit. As far as West Marion was concerned, […]
Everyone has to die. This is a fact and cannot be disputed except for a couple of people listed in the Bible. (That I know of) Yes, death waits for each of us and generally, it is a truth in which humans would rather not dwell upon. In my life, there have been many people […]
From the beginning of dbeazylife.com, the plan was to post something more frequently than I have been able to of late. For that, I apologize and for that, I promise to do better. The frightening time in which we live has affected nearly every aspect of life. But that is no excuse. From the start, […]
I wonder if there was a quotable piece of advice that I told my daughters. I texted them just now to see if there was something that stood out. Regardless of their reply, or lack thereof, I was just kind of comparing myself to my father. I loved my father very much, and though he […]
There is a storm raging, whether we admit it, it is on us. It is pressing down hard, we feel it, we know by the weight, by our fatigue in drawing our breath, everything, everything, is heavier today than it was a scant few weeks ago. The news is bad, the news is constant, unrelenting, […]
He told me that he heard her name for the very first time while speaking with his girlfriend on the telephone back when he was 15 or 16 years old. He said it was almost a year before he ever saw her face and then a few months after that before he met her. “The […]
With the ABSOLUTE HYSTERIA of the last few weeks regarding the dreaded Coronavirus, or to sound really intelligent, COVID-19, I’ve been thinking about all of this nonsense and honestly, I’m just stunned. Is this thing maybe just a little scary? Hell yeah, it is. But to me it isn’t because I’m worried about getting sick. […]
Remember back this past Sunday. There were many posts on social media about the fact that there would be a time change, a full moon, and a Friday the 13th? Well, they left one out. They left out this little thing called a PANDEMIC. We are seeing constant updates to the point that we are […]
The date was July 6, 2019. Melissa and I had been venturing out farther and farther from home on the bike and enjoying the experience more and more. By this point, we had gotten into a groove of riding together and I was feeling more confident riding 2-up on the Honda VTX 1300. I only […]