Hi. I’m Ken Jones and this is A Classic State of Mind, with a word about: Pools. My friends, the Oppermans had a party last week, celebrating fifty years of marriage. I saw some pictures of their party that they posted on-line. And when I saw those pictures … I smiled. You see, the party…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind, with a word about: Remodeling. My dad is gone, now. He died a few years back, after living a long and useful life. But on days like Father’s Day, I often recall the day he remodeled our house. He’d submitted plans to the…
I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind with A Word About Treasures. I think one of the coolest inventions some smart person ever came up with was a metal detector. I’ve watched other people use them on beaches, or walking up and down a river bank. As they walk along, they…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones and this is A Classic State of Mind, with a word about … Jim He died a few years ago, now. I had the privilege of conducting his memorial service because on the day his doctor told Jim he had cancer, he came straight to my office and told me that…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind with a Word About … Notes. I love the word “notes.” In my lifetime, I don’t even know how many notes I’ve written. Some of my notes were of the musical kind. Blotches on treble or bass cleffs, for singers to sing,…
I’m Ken Jones, and this is a Classic State of Mind, with a word about … Separation. I had no idea, really, until I heard it on the news. In fact, I’ve heard it nearly every day, several times a day, for the past couple of weeks. I’m sequestered. I’m what my President and my…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind, with a word about … The Pass I’m sort of weird, I think, because sometimes, what rattles around in my mind almost scares me. Yesterday, because I had time to think, a thought wandered into my head and decided to sit down and…
I’m not sure how they ever figured it out; those scientists and really smart people who say that we humans are only born with two ‘factory-installed’ fears: The fear of falling, and the fear of loud noises. Now, I’m not a scientist, and I’m certainly not a really smart person, but I do have to…
I was driving down the street a few weeks ago, when I passed one of my favorite eateries here locally. And a sign in the window of that place caught my eye, and reminded me of a blog I had read just the previous day. I don’t read many blogs. They arrive every day in…
For the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing about a recent visit I had to a 5th Grade classroom, and the posters I noticed that the teacher had used to decorate her class. One poster was titled: “The Questions You Should Be Answering.” And the questions were these: What are you doing? What are you…