Now available on Apple podcast platform. Random thoughts from a bipolar-2, Iowa grandfather while he entertains his 3-year old grandson with Paw Patrol. 25-minute podcast covers: *Freedom of the Press and explaining sex to boys.

Mental Health is STILL the topic that keeps getting kicked down the road.

Feb 10th, 2022 19m 44s

Way back in 2021, I wrote and podcast about the need for mental health discussion. I was following up on national reporting that mental health problems were increasing...for all ages. Politicians will not touch the subject and news organization

Do you trust the 2020 Census?

May 16th, 2021 24m 2s

Haste makes waste. There have been many examples of doing things quickly, without planning, causes mistakes. The 2020 Census may be one.

The KMA Syndrome

Mar 22nd, 2021 27m 40s

Reading from my Amazon self-published paperback.

Covid mental health rise

Mar 14th, 2021 18m 53s

More than just the "flu", Covid-19 continues to wreak health havoc in people of all ages. Isolation, disrupted routines, loneliness, stress, anxiety and fear has climbed as the pandemic continues. 55% of respondents to a recent survey reported

ORBITS

Oct 18th, 2020 13m 47s

From my basement, on the October day of Iowa's firs snow of 2020--shutting the TV off after another very poorly played first half of the Sunday Vikings game--I start adventure in podcasting--ORBITS--an initial effort to get us thinking about mo

What is a "Boogaloo" rally?

May 16th, 2020 18m 2s

Two items today: 1.) No stimulus money for tour buses? 2.) What is a "Boogaloo" rally?

COVID update from Iowa

Apr 3rd, 2020 17m 25s

Reading from two articles in Des Moines Register Eight strategies got managing mental health "It was a quiet death"

Boys and sex

Jan 19th, 2020 19m 42s

Privilege and entitlement

Nov 29th, 2019 16m 54s

The Impeachment struggle. Elite failure ails us, not just Trump's abuses. That's the important lesson from two weeks of impeachment hearings. We have learned that not just Trump is suffering from uncontrolled chaotic thinking, but of something

Elite fail us

Nov 29th, 2019 16m 54s

Dairy crises

Mar 3rd, 2019 13m 16s

As reported by Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dairy farmers are in crises -- and it could change Wisconsin forever Wisconsin lost almost 700 dairy farms in 2018, an unprecedented rate of nearly two a day. As of Feb. 1, Wisconsin had 8

Magic card

Feb 6th, 2019 13m 29s

First podcast in 2019. New refurbished Toshiba Satellite. New download of Audacity. New Blue Snowball mic. Time to get busy on a number of fronts. Writing(started 7th book--BOOMER SHORTS, on Amazon. Couple new counselors as I try a renewed effo

Colorado "High"

Aug 13th, 2018 19m 13s

Podcast from Colorado. The Senior Flatlanders are reporting in from 9,100 feet above sea level. Out here in Silverthorne, CO. GOOGLE The Dairy. Check this place out. Then take a look, online, about Breckenridge, OC. There is something for all a

Iowa seniors go to Colorado

Aug 13th, 2018 19m 13s

Fake news?

May 15th, 2018 16m 25s

Reality has been altered and we are all standing silently as it controls our lives. Social media has made lies easy and commonplace. We believe what we want to believe. Along with writers Leonard Pitts (Miami Herald) and Nathan Bomey (USA TODAY

Trump's behavior

Jan 20th, 2018 7m 33s

It's been a year since Mr. Trump surprised us all with his election. It's been a year of more and more abnormal behavior. As I publish this, the government is shut down. Unacceptable.

Remembering great school bus driver

Jul 10th, 2017 15m 54s

Summer vacation and the weather is hot and muggy. The sweet corn will enjoy this weather, while this school bus driver is enjoying having the summer off...sleeping until past 9 AM! Today, as a enjoy the coolness of my basement, I am recovering

Caregiver shortage

May 30th, 2017 18m 11s

Congressional reports show that Iowa is rock bottom, as far as care for the elderly. AND, dead last in the childcare. The state of Iowa votes on the use of fireworks, but not on the care and nurturing of our young or elderly.

Forget suspension. Embarrass students who misbehave.

Mar 10th, 2017 19m 37s

Mixed thoughts as I spend my first Spring Break 2017 day with a physical and a doctor's appointment. There are good thoughts, as I recall that 44 years ago I randomly selected Florida as my only Spring Break escape, in 1973, and found my life's

Ending the mental health stigma

Jan 28th, 2017 13m 35s

We can't end mental health's stigma if we won't talk about it.

GET OUT OF BED!

Jan 16th, 2017 12m 57s

"If we design workplaces that permit people to find meaning in their work, we will be designing a human nature that values work." (Psychologist Barry Schwartz) For me, the US Postal Service drained all the energy out of me. Enough to cause clin

PODCAST: Take good care of your riders.

Dec 3rd, 2016 12m 24s

We had another accident in our school bus family. A new driver was coming off the highway and took the inside turn lane, INSTEAD of the recommended outside turn lane. Resulting in too much bus and a wrinkled car. Almost got free pizza, as that

Are you a Straggler?

Dec 1st, 2016 8m 38s

It took 50 years and 68 jobs to figure out that I was Bipolar-2. Now, as I write books about it and feel I've got 'things' figured out, the USA goes nuts and elects a man with no experience to take us into a new REALITY. God help us!