Author Archives: Jay Smidt

Since late Spring up until now I am seeing a lot of whining from some of my more than privileged friends. Everything from travel to restaurants has been beaten up by some of you, who are so frankly spoiled and not impacted by inflation and the fallout of two years of COVID that I kindContinue reading “Check yourself, people.”

I created this blog as a way to express myself and what I have discovered is that it’s hard to find words and put them down to describe exactly how I feel. These are the things that roll through my head on any given day; my 15 year old dog and her failing health butContinue reading “I just can’t even…”

When I was younger I loved the Christmas season. I loved the lights, the music the snow, the decorations and I did for a long time. My Mom loved it and so did I. After she died in 2005 a lot of that started to wane. My family kind of fell apart, especially after myContinue reading “The Holidays”

I’ve been looking for a way to express myself in a different way. Writing is something I have always done but I have found Facebook and Twitter and all the other social media sites just don’t really work for me. This was something I have thought about so I am going to give this aContinue reading “Why am I doing this?”