Author: billserle

Evening sun aglistens on The Spanish moss clad oaks, Their black trunks agnarling To Frame the golden hour Before old Sun sets so red. It’s time to sit and ponder … Continue Reading →

I am a little greedy, so I jumped right in when I got an offer of $500.00 cash just for opening a bank account with Bank of America. The main … Continue Reading →

ONE WONDERFUL LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Many of us are stressed out this November 2020. The election process moves at a snail’s pace. We are used to seeing a sitting loser … Continue Reading →

1791 The United States of 1791 was far different from today’s America. Few people had jobs as we know them today. People worked for themselves with some exceptions. Think Slaves … Continue Reading →

Time in a bottle – our lifetime supply of days is limited. Like guessing the number of jellybeans in a big jar. We are challenged to guess the number of … Continue Reading →

Many of the gizmos that I’m using today seems like pure magic to the 1940’s-boy that is inside my head. Continue Reading →

Hi all. Just finished Chiming of Forgotten Bells. It will be available at Amazon and Kindle by September 15, 2017. Here’s the foreword: THE CHIMING OF FORGOTTEN BELLS   VAIN … Continue Reading →

Joseph Stalin The ruthless Russian tyrant, was human as this interview shows. I feel that I may have an exclusive glimpse into the Kremlin, and I want to share it … Continue Reading →

WHO AM I? ~ Uber in America? I found Nikita V. at 1300 Red John Drive, west of Daytona. He was a small man – perhaps no more than five-and-a-half-feet tall, … Continue Reading →

Note to President Trump Miami obvervations I sojourned in and around Miami, Florida while still in my wonder-years, from 1956 through 1987. At first I was a dirt-poor student living … Continue Reading →

Job creation, undocumented migrants, illegal aliens, job creation, utopia, unemployment JOB CREATION IN WILLYOPIA – Let’s say that there is a remote community of ten homes and ask the question, “What … Continue Reading →

2016 American elections.  “Crooked Hillary. Lying Hillary. Untrustworthy Hillary. Jail her!”  These words ring out across America on a daily basis – loud and certain. Part I – Our distant … Continue Reading →

ABUNDANCE Mankind is in desperate need of many things. Millions of us lack for clean water, for food, for clean air and for a decent place to live. Work is … Continue Reading →

RE: Dreams I let go,  illegal immigration, and Anchor Babies in the U. S. A. Date: The Twenty First Century Dear Americans, I was born on the 4th of July … Continue Reading →

THE FAMILY OF FAILURE AND SUCCESS Could be Failure is the father, and Persistance is the mother of Success. The nickname is Try-Try-Again. Everyone fails from time to time. My … Continue Reading →

     ME AND GEORGE H. W. BUSH I didn’t get to shake his hand. There were just to many of us on that fine Miami afternoon. V.P. George H. … Continue Reading →

Modern inventions – Network radio, television, digital clocks, frozen food, ballpoint pens, freeze dried food, bubble gum, dial telephones, electric adding machines, copy machines, home fax machines, GPS, cordless telephones, cell phones, … Continue Reading →

Disturbing News – Not for Sissies – Ogg – What would Jesus Do? I’m getting old. There are lots of signs including spending more time watching the TV news. That … Continue Reading →

Tony’s Place in Naples.I’m not sure why we went to Naples, Italy. We had other choices – Venetia, Roma, Paris, Firenze or even Moscow. But we thought it would be … Continue Reading →

EDNA’S LOVE LETTERS. THE WRITTEN WORD IS A POWERFUL THING – My good friend Amy Garza, is an entertainer, historian, writer, editor, publisher, historian and nurturer of writers. A life … Continue Reading →

SPAIN, GREECE, ALBANIA 2014 WANNA MAKE GOD LAUGH? TELL HER YOUR PLANS. I want to tell you about our plan for a great vacation. It might be interesting to tell … Continue Reading →

MY CHILD MADE ME PROUD PART II – BILL SERLE III My son Bill stands tall and is loved by all who know him. I snapped this photo in about … Continue Reading →

BAD DECISIONS MAKE GOOD STORIES. I am not the world’s worst driver. But I’ve been at it a long time and have made some bad decisions along the way. I … Continue Reading →

INTERNET POWER  I wanna tell you a story bout a man named Bill Because if I don’t tell ya nobody will. There’ll be some glory and a smatter of pain … Continue Reading →

BEST BROOKLYN FRIENDS           I met Huey Develin when I was 7 years old. My family just moved to Martense Street in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. … Continue Reading →

OLD FOOLS (Written for the Martin Andersen Senior Center’s Senior Writers Workshop 4/1/2014) I love America and I love the U. S. Coast Guard.         Yep. I … Continue Reading →

PADDY MCGINTY’S GOAT VERSUS VALENTINE’S DAY Yep. It’s a fun day and an opportunity for folks to spend money on cards, chocolate and even valuable presents to assure us that … Continue Reading →

POKER NIGHT IN NEW JERSEY We moved to Rockledge from New Jersey last April.  We had many good reasons to move including loving children and grandchildren, warm weather and bargain … Continue Reading →

Ronda Spain ~ A good plan. Heed well.  There are lessons to learn when plans gang aglay and things go amiss.  When rain falls in buckets, and you’re uncomfortably in … Continue Reading →

BING CROSBY, FARAWAY PLACES, WISHES, DREAMS AND PRAYERS CALL ME A DREAMER  Far away places with strange soundin’ names 
Far away over the sea
 Those far away places with the … Continue Reading →

2012 Happy New Year Dear Grandchildren, I like books and accumulated a lot of them by the time I married Daisy Alonso in 1974.  So I decided to build some … Continue Reading →

I wanna tell you a story bout a man named Bill Because if I don’t tell ya nobody will. There’ll be some glory and a smatter of pain It’s a … Continue Reading →

I was raised as a Christian in the Dutch Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York. I am not a regular churchgoer. I attended Sunday school until I was 12. I … Continue Reading →