While growing up, we were very poor. My parents didn’t want people to know how bad off we were, so before me my siblings and I went to […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
My father really knew the value of money. I know for a fact, that he has the first dollar he ever made. (And the […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Within our solar system, Saturn is considered to be the most beautiful of the planets because of its visually spectacular nine rings. For centuries, the […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I was down on one knee holding a long-stemmed rose when I proposed to the woman that meant the world to me. After I stood […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Like many kids, when I was around eight years I hated taking baths. One day, my mother got so frustrated with me, that she decided […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
According to Genesis 1:21 (in which I believe), the strange looking hammerhead sharks, as well as all sea creatures were created by God on the […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
“Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry When the girls came out to play” Georgie Porgie’s house was being picketed […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I held my hands next to a lantern as I sat alone in a tent high in the Himalayas. The elevation where I camped was […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
After my last visit with my mother, she told me she’s sick and tired of me complaining about my back pains every morning when I […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I told my mother before I came home for Christmas, that I wanted a bike so I can start exercising again. She told me she […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I can still remember the first girl I was ever attracted to. It happened one winter in Chicago when I was still in grammar […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
On Christmas Eve, when I was in the fifth grade and my little brother was in the first, I told him that Santa Claus would […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
A few days ago when I was at home, I heard singing from outside. I looked out my window and saw some kids caroling that […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
On a cold blustery day in January in Chicago while I was scurrying down the street, I saw a man slip and fall on some […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
It was a family tradition for my parents to take me and my siblings to the mall during the holiday season to sit on Santa […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
For people that loves the food during the holiday season, this is one of my favorite recipes: 1 ½ lb green cabbage, quartered, cored and […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Being born and growing up in Chicago, I’ll never forget the coldest three days on record. And they are: January 14, 1976 – It was […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I always go the mall on the Friday following Thanksgiving, for two reasons. The first one is, I like looking at all the Christmas trees […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I was in New York City riding on an elevator in the Empire State Building with a group of tourists, when a tour guide boastfully proclaimed, […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
For hours one day in a country meadow while I was in Rhode Island, I followed the most beautiful butterfly I had ever seen. It […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
On a hot humid day while I was driving down a long stretch of road, I saw a lady standing next to her Cadillac. I […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I was walking downtown one afternoon, late for a business meeting, when I saw a man sleeping on a park bench. His clothes were dirty, […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I have always been intrigued by the legendary “Loch Ness Monster”, so I finally went to Scotland hoping to catch it on film. Reports over […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
As Little Red Riding Hood was walking through the woods carrying a basket, a wolf steps from behind a tree and said, “What do you […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Halloween. A time when kids playfully go from house to house trick-or-treating in costumes that range from goblins and witches to cartoon characters and movie […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
“Wake up sleepy heads on this cold winter morning. Today’s low should be around 7000 degrees, so if you’re going out, wear a heavy jacket […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
During World War II, my grandfather shot down 31 planes. Unfortunately only three were the enemy, the rest were American. Even though he was severely […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I used to think my grandmother would do her grocery shopping in the middle of the night to avoid crowds and lines. But my opinion […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
While I was married a long time ago, my wife and I were so proud of our nine year old son when he got straight […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I recently broke up with a woman that I thought loved me because she bought me a very expensive watch. I later found out she […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Fireflies or lightning bugs as they are sometimes called, are fascinating insects. They are actually winged beetles that produces a light, and are found in […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Every time my mother asks me to loan her some money, I remind her of how she used to force me to eat broccoli when […]