Feature Article #1

Taylor Swift is “New Money”

The headlines state that Taylor Swift gave $100,000 to the family of a shooting victim at the KC Chiefs Super Bowl Parade. The media reports she is worth around one billion dollars. The media (Forbes) also reports the Hunt family, owners of the Chiefs, are worth around twenty-five (25) billion dollars. There is no report […]

| February 19th, 2024 | Continued

Feature Article #2

When I Was Just a Little Girl

Originally WrittenFebruary 17, 2015 When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be Will I be pretty, will I be rich Here’s what she said to me…. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be […]

| February 17th, 2024 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Pondering the Impact of Individuals on History

There are two broad categories of historical interpretation. Generally they are narrative history and chaos theory. Narrative history comes into focus with biography. Often a biography of a historical character, usually a leader during times of strife, will suggest that that person was responsible for navigating through the crisis. Chaos theory says that the conditions […]

| January 20th, 2024 | Continued

Feature Article #4

There’s Moving and Then There is MOVING

There’s Moving and Then There’s ‘MOVING’ Started; June 22,2021, Finished; December 9, 2023 A friend recently told me that statistically most people move about 10 or 11 times in their lifetime. Wow! Once I started to put the facts together, there was no doubt I had that beat by over a mile. I was born […]

| December 9th, 2023 | Continued

Feature Article #5

The Fireside Continues for another 3 years

Well, Executive Administrative CEO type decisions have overruled the Operations Manager. The firesidepost has been funded for another three years. Life goes on. It is great, we started this adventure in 2007 – we might make it to 20 years.

| October 6th, 2023 | Continued

Feature Article #6

Shutting Down thefiresidepost.com

The hosting service for this site has become too expensive. Also, bluehost, the host of this site has double billed us – they billed my son and they are billing me. They like to automatically charge your credit card. They did send me a notice saying they were charging me at the end of October […]

| September 22nd, 2023 | Continued

Feature Article #7

Is This The Way To Expose Your Light or Darkness

A week or so ago… A friend on Facebook posted about the Biden student loan forgiveness, currently in many discussions throughout MSM and Social Media. Following is a transcript of that post, no names will be disclosed. This is not about an individual. It’s about a pervasive attitude amongst too many, one that is destroying […]

| September 4th, 2022 | Continued

Feature Article #8

Humanity

If Humanity In Our Current Millennial World Is Subject to Wantonness If Wantonness Determines Life or Death We Must Adjust The Dictionary ‘Humane’ Would Become Obsolete We Must Apply ‘Human’ To Other Entities Such As Dog Or Cat, House Or Car If Humanity In Our Current Millennial World Is Subject to Wantonness If Wantonness Determines […]

| June 25th, 2022 | Continued

Feature Article #9

A Sketch or Memorandom of Old Mr Thomas Capps

Just a small microcosm of my paternal family history. Only wish it was also audio.

| April 15th, 2022 | Continued

Feature Article #10

COVID – Three Days In

Sunday night, January 16, I went to bed with a slight headache. I did not take any medicine for the headache. Fever and chills visited me through the night and Monday morning (MLK Holiday) I went to urgent care. By then my symptoms were headache, cough, runny nose, fever, chills, and some body aches. I […]

| January 19th, 2022 | Continued

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About this Magazine

This magazine started as a conversation between a father and a son.  You will encounter some of that conversation as you look through the archives, but mostly you will find discourse about a great many subjects  that embracea  great many views about the world.  Take a look around, and see what happens when you dare […]