Mel JonesJan 19, 20205 minLee-Jackson Day (revisited from 2007)Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always. My grandson Ryan, ten, goes all day and ...
Mel JonesJan 21, 20195 minLee-Jackson DayFirst posted YEARS ago... still relevant Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always....
Mel JonesJan 3, 20195 minBack to the House at Pooh CornerI was showing a friend, a coworker, how to see houses on Google maps the other day. She was excited. We looked at her house in England, h...
Mel JonesDec 27, 20183 minQuinn: The EncoreWhen I was a kid, we’d sing the song there’s a hole in the bucket. There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There’s a hole in m...
Mel JonesDec 23, 20186 minIt's Only WordsOriginally posted August 2016, but still so very relevant in content. The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, cont...
Mel JonesDec 11, 20184 minNot Merely a Tree (by Phyllis A. Duncan)Our Tree Not long after I bought my first house in Northern Virginia, my then significant other found a tiny maple sapling in the scruffy...
Mel JonesDec 9, 20183 minChickens: An EncoreOriginally posted February, 2011. Like stories about Ryan, posts about Quinn went on for quite some time, look for future Quinn stories....
Mel JonesDec 8, 20181 minIf Only I Were Sleeping38yrs ago today, at roughly the 6am hour, I rose from my bed, walked down the stairs, flipped the power to the stereo on. John Lennon’s v...
Mel JonesDec 2, 20183 minA Woman Without a Country (library angel)Originally posted April 2017 Many years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonab...
Mel JonesNov 28, 20185 minThe Genetics of Politics Today is normally JT's day to publish, but he has a lot going on. He'll share when he is ready. In the mean time... Spotify playlist to l...
Mel JonesNov 27, 20184 minMr. Red Sox (posted for Ed Cook)I’ll confess, here in the land of Tom Brady and Patriot Nation I like Baseball more than football. As an avid baseball fan I, followed th...
Mel JonesNov 18, 20183 minDragons, Obesity, and the FutureThis was originally posted in April 2011: I didn’t blog yesterday, but I wrote, or rather, I edited. I rewrote. Yeah. I have 10 of the 20...