Our Sunday routine typically involves relaxing with coffee and one of Colleen’s homemade pastries after morning Mass. Last weekend while pouring a tea kettle of water into the French Press, the lid shifted and I steamed my hand. Ouch! It wasn’t enough …

After that fun, but hot, morning of shooting, my Saturday evening involved a more relaxed, and cooler, activity. I had picked up a few “special” cigars a while back with which to celebrate our son’s wedding. The schedule didn’t work to enjoy a smoke th…

Although these Musings have been idle, life has not. Our son recently married, after a year of Wuhan Flu delays, and those preparations consumed more of our attention than I would have imagined, though that was given with much joy despite any stress. O…

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume…

It has been many months since I last was able to get to one of the monthly IDPA matches at the Rivanna Rifle and Pistol club outside of Charlottesville, VA. To my delight, everything aligned this month and I was excited to shoot and to see some ol…

It’s been a while since I added to these Musings. That’s not because nothing’s been happening. Or, truth be told, it’s more like because nothing has been happening. When I’m not working, we’ve been doing just that — nothing.Nothing, as in relaxing…

Last week I made a quick run to the outdoor range for a little stress release. While I enjoyed the time spent shooting, it wasn’t the most interesting part of the outing. As I fired my first shots my electronic ear protection allowed me to hear the unm…

And finally it was Friday, and I opted to make it a Fratello Friday by breaking into my box of Fratello DMV Maduro Selection cigars. I’ve been looking forward to trying them since I picked up the box last month. I selected a Virginia band for my first …

Last Saturday began with more purge-related chores, this time focusing on the garage. Even though I’ve stuck to my vow made years ago that our cars would be parked in the garage, the space for them as gotten ever tighter. After several hours of work, w…

This past week we embarked on a long overdue “purge” of unneeded and unused items our house. After 21 years here, there was just too much “stuff’ accumulated. We don’t intend on moving anytime soon, but there are ongoing renovations to make room for. W…