The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

It is not often that I stimulate a spark of deep thought and inspiring words in others (and truth be told I must share credit with Philosopher Bertrand Russell for the original thought.) Yet a good friend of mine, Kent…

There are one thousand four hundred forty minutes in a day, five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. On average we spend 1/3 of that time sleeping, leaving nine hundred sixty minutes a day, three hundred…

As of 00:00  January 10, 2016  until 00:00 January 17, 2016 I am conducting an experiment.   No email No Facebook No Online time at all.   Going Dark to fight the insanity.  If anything important happens, oh well it…

For those of you who read my postings here, you may have noticed a somewhat fatalistic, contemplative, and nostalgic flavor of late. I have struggled with the right way to talk about this.  I decided to let each of you…

It is the most common of human experiences, dealing with the death of a family member, friend, or others who affected your life. I think we make a mistake when we focus on the tragedy of death. Death is one…

Here is a bit of a perspective for my fellow members of the Cumberland High School Class of 1974. In 1974: The President of the United States was Richard Nixon, until August 9th, and then Gerald Ford after Nixon resigned…

Recipe for a perfect New Year’s Celebration Fill a glass with one’s favorite drink (adult or otherwise) Put on soft, ambient music in the background Find a comfortable and warm place to sit And the most critical element, download one…

The first step is admitting you have a problem. There are few complete truths. One undeniable truth is that New Year’s resolutions are a waste of time. Either you will do something or you will not. Setting some arbitrary date…

There is a commonality shared among many families around Christmas or other special holidays. They have traditions. Long held, choreographed, well-established traditions passed down generation-to-generation, by which they celebrate holidays. We do not. I like to think of our traditions…

I am one of the fortunate ones. I grew up during the last Age of Innocence. Technology did not rule our lives. We did not spend our time bent over a device named for a fruit. We picked fruit from…