Author: billserle

GOOD LIFE ADVICE Yes, I spend too much time on my smartphone. I no longer have a regular job to soak up 40 hours a week plus commuting. Personal care … Continue Reading →

TIKTOK The young monk stood before me gazing into my eyes. His head was shaved, and his saffron robes were elegantly draped across one shoulder. His complexion seemed almost golden, … Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →