Musing of one wondering what people did before the advent of the IT age ( I can't remember.)

I am entering by 99th year and to paraphase Kermit the frog, "Being 98 isn't easy".  But time marches on.

Musing of one wondering why so many people want to be President.

I don't know why so many people are in the race for President. A couple of them Ben Carson and Mike Huckaby have some qualifications, otherwise I am not sure. Not that my thoughts make a difference anyway.

Musing of one wondering about the practical effect of raising the national debt.

I've been reminiscing about my great uncle, James B. Dent who died in 1907.  He served in the Union army in the Civil War and after the war acquired several thousand acres in NE Arkansas. (He apparently came from a wealthy family in Illinois.) He built the Dent family home near Augusta and called it Brentwood. It developed into its own little settlement because a number of people (farm hands, sharecroppers, etc.) lived on that acreage. Brentwood was a large house and it was home to uncle Ben's brother who was my grandfather and his family.

Uncle Ben never married. The family story was he was engaged to a girl in Illinois and they were both very devoted to each other. Tragically, she contracted one of the common diseases of the the day and passed away. The story goes on to say he was so devastated that he never considered marrying anyone else. After he built Brentwood, he lived in one wing of the house until he passed away in 1907. Brentwood survived many years until some time in the late 20th century it caught fire and burned to the ground. Only a few pieces of debris remain on the site where it stood.