Raoul’s Two Cents: January 3, 2025 Out of the Spotlight How was your holiday time? Spent it with family? For almost 2 weeks, my family was complete — all the kids and grandkids … but somehow, things did not turn out the way I planned. In my head, I was planning where to go, what to do, what to eat …

Raoul’s Two Cents: December 27, 2024 New Year Resolutions That Will Never Happen Here we go again. It’s the end of the year when our ambitions jar with reality. I’m pretty sure this coming year will be extremely interesting. To prepare for the onslaught, I’ve prepared my list of ten resolutions: I will start jogging at 5 AM every day.Because …

Raoul’s Two Cents: December 20, 2024 Careful the Things You Say Tis the season for children. Even seniors return to being children when they hear, when they see, when they smell hints of their childhood Christmas. One of my earliest Christmas memories was staring at colored lights. I was fascinated at the glass light bulbs shaped like the Seven Dwarves …

Raoul’s Two Cents: December 13, 2024 Plan B for Bobby I had it all planned. I was going to work on this TGIF issue early. I even recorded a song for it. The whole concept started to unravel when disaster hit. My movie-making program messed up. It was like decorating a Christmas tree with all the ornaments but failing the …

Raoul’s Two Cents: December 6, 2024 Brood of Vipers WARNING: Political topic. Move on to the jokes if you aren’t interested. There are some very angry people out there. I can’t prove it but I suspect someone sabotaged my tires. The parking spot was hidden and was beside a hangout for younger kids. Someone placed a huge thick screw under …

My husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas.

Raoul’s Two Cents: November 22, 2024 The Aftermath The rippling effects of the elections early this month is still expanding. I feel sorry for the losing side. I really do. Many of them can’t seem to handle the defeat with dignity. Strangely, some even made selfies of themselves losing it. It must be hard for them to realize they were …

Raoul’s Two Cents: November 15, 2024 Is That All There is? This is rare — I got a cold and a cough. I still haven’t figured who the scoundrel is that gifted me with this virus; and maybe it’s the meds but I feel like crawling back to bed to hibernate for a month. So this got me thinking. Could …

Raoul’s Two Cents: November 8, 2024 Strange Day at the Nation’s Capital I’m back! Two weeks away from home and I’m back in the saddle. It’s nice to see that the world held together even without me. I guess the world doesn’t revolve around me after all — what a relief! The election is finally over. I was prepared for …

Raoul’s Two Cents: November 1, 2024 Plan B Greetings one last time from North Carolina! We tried to record some songs at Dr Manny’s mansion. We did … but not the way I had hoped. The years have not been kind to our voices and we lost some key “players” whose talents were sorely missed. We gave it a shot …