Hello, My Name is Kevin Schwarm
A free spirit's take on work, life, travel, & consumerism

Most people stubbornly hold onto their own political views, these are rarely subject to change. Therefore, don't talk politics with anyone.

At the conference on Friday, February 14 (Munich, Germany), Vice President J.D. Vance launched what  The Guardian’s  Patrick Wintour...

Guests Behaving Badly. A short article illustrates how some guests don't behave as you expect them to.

On October 7th of last year, the terrorist group Hamas launched an attack against Israeli residents who were attending a music festival....

Why not support Trump's pick of Pete Hegseth and Defense Secretary? According to the President-Elect, he's immensely qualified to to the job

Was it because she's a woman? Is it because she didn't interview well? Is it because she didn't define how her administration would...

Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, announced on February 28, 2024, that he would resign in November. He has...

I had a dream recently that I had the chance to interview Donald Trump on various topics concerning Americans. He was incredibly candid...

Over the last several years, I met with physical and mental health providers, landscape architects, and other professionals about...

I ran into Frank at our local café, whom I hadn’t seen since pre-Covid. At the time, I knew he was a Republican and had voted for Donald...

The massacre in Nashville marked the 17th school shooting in the United States this year, according to tracking by the Washington Post....

Now that the weather has gotten colder, I don’t see my neighbors too often in the yard so one of my opinionated neighbors decided to text...

Well, I met Bill at our local grocery store, and all he had on his mind were the poor folks on the Western coast of Florida after...

It was time to mow my front yard, but first, I had to pick up loose sticks and other debris from my lawn. As I was doing this, my...

No Picture of Snapping Turtle? Over this past week, I read about a very large snapping turtle that was washed onto the shore in Northern...

I was getting a fence installed in my yard a few weeks ago and as I supervised, Bill, a neighbor, walked by and wondered what I was...

It was a windy and warm Sunday afternoon and my interest involved doing some basic landscaping in the front yard. What could go wrong? A...

I ran into him again. My neighbor, I'll refer to him as Bill. Bill and I have lived in the same neighborhood for nearly 20 years. We’d...

Full disclosure, I like to follow LeBron and the Lakers. I guess you could also say that I enjoy LeBron the most of all the current...

I graduated with a degree in sociology/criminal justice over 40 years ago. I chose that degree because the coursework involved would be...