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In the beginning

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The title of this blog is "A Man and His Ideas". Everybody has ideas. Over the years, I collected a few. Some of the blog entries are prose, some are just a drawing or a picture. The URL name for the blog is ideas.resipso.com. The term resipso is Latin slang for res ipsa loquitur , which means "the thing speaks for itself." Lawyers use the term to argue negligence. But, in nature and art, the presence of the thing speaks for itself to create a personal affinity with the thing. For an idea to be a thing, the idea needs some substance that allows others can hear it speak. Res Ipso This Blog is about my experiences, collections of thoughts and ideas. In May 2019, I was 70. While the calendar counting of age does not disturb me, in fact, just the success of making another year is exciting. During the natural progression of age, our bodies make many changes. The strength of youth changes to the strength of canes. Because of the show shrinking of the brai...