
My Brothers
My brother, Bernd D. Gregor, is my only sibling. He is seven years older than me and is a “half” brother. His German father died while...
A Blog by Tom Boyd
Life, Love, Looking Back & Living
My brother, Bernd D. Gregor, is my only sibling. He is seven years older than me and is a “half” brother. His German father died while...
I served in Vietnam from March 8, 1967 to March 7, 1968 as a member of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Later, I read the following by...
This Friday morning, as I look at the world around me, I see individuals, families, communities, countries, and an entire EARTH in need...
I came across the story of Anne Frank recently, as told by the group Beaches of Normandy Tours. It was told a little differently, with...
Inspired by the image Earth seen for the first time from the outer reach of the Solar System - Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot - Maya Angelou...
We must listen to the Artists; to those that communicate outside the boxes of tradition. Artists courageously give voice to the margins...
More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving...
I don’t know how chickens or kids determine who is to be picked on and isolated from their society. Looking back, I believe that chess and
When I was in middle school my folks moved to the country. One day, they bought home three barnyard (mutts or mixed breed) Bantam chicks,...
Your life is an open doorway where God enters the world. what you say and do, what you notice, what you hold and set down, each is a...
If I knew then what I know now I would have walked more And ate less If I knew then what I know now I would have given my kids more time...
Today upon a bus, I saw a lovely maid with golden hair; I envied her—she seemed so gay, and how, I wished I were so fair; When suddenly...
“If Tomorrow Starts Without Me”….A reminder that the present moment is all that really IS. If Tomorrow Starts Without Me If tomorrow...
“It is too bad that dying is the last thing we do, because it could teach us so much about living.” – Robert M. Herhold “For my part, I...
Mule Days Go visit, highly recommended and on my bucket list. May 25-30 2021 Bishop CA https://muledays.org/events/schedule/ I’m Mule...
December 3, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas Kiss the Frog “You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your handsome prince.” I have a friend...
Use Snopes September 24, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas My wife and I have a number of relatives, friends and colleagues that are from the far...
August 6, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas This past February (2013) I learned that I had kidney cancer. As a result I did something I had never...
May 28, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas California Cooler in 1981 invented the wine cooler. Two dudes mixing the wine and fruit juices in a garage...
August 15, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas In 1990 I visited a client in Toledo. It seemed only United flew to Toledo so lacking competition they...