Grandparents

What’s In a Name? Just about Everything

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Shakespeare may have seen the process of naming as irrelevant based on Juliet’s soliloquy stated above. I beg to differ as I start out 2023 with a topic I explored about seven years ago. Naming can be both mystical and empowering. It may move you to tears, as it often does when the names of victims are read aloud on anniversaries [...]

By Wes Skillings|2023-01-03T02:35:17+00:00January 3, 2023|Children, Family, Grandparents, Names, Namesakes|

What Makes Trump Tick? “I Just Gots to Know”

Will a closer look at the words of Donald Trump help us understand? I’m trying. I really am. I’m trying to look at the humorous side of things. It was easy at first, with a president who could play himself in a Saturday Night Live skit. He can’t be serious, right? And yet there is so much to make fun of— ratings gold for the pundits. He’s a living reality show and, at the same time, so [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:10:00+00:00May 13, 2020|Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Fear, Germany, Grandparents, History, Presidential Humor, Sarcasm|