The Woodpile Report

Hello, Frank here.

Hope all are well. This morning I was reading the Woodpile Report and I realized that each article by Ol’ Remus was hitting a resonant chord. You know how sometimes you will be skimming articles or magazines or internet sites and a particular article or column catches your eye and strikes you deep? Well, this is what happened this morning while reading the Woodpile Report. Idea after idea was sending a pulse directly to my core. 

So, tonight I’m going to feature the Woodpile Report. I am relatively sure that Ol’ Remus does not need help from Frank and Fern, but that’s not the issue here. This person, Ol’ Remus, writes with a style and a manner that few have mastered. It’s not the ‘big words’ that he uses, it’s the idea or concept underlying what he is saying. It has a depth that challenges

my abilities to understand. So, you ask, why do I read it? I have read a few medical reviews that I have a little trouble following, the same with some legal briefs, but his is a different style of writing. And I ask again, why would I read something that I find challenging? Because we all need to stretch ourselves, sometimes physically, sometimes emotionally, but we all need to stretch ourselves intellectually, otherwise we fall into the trap of complacency. Some writers will try to use vocabulary that shows that they are well educated, but that’s not the case with Ol’ Remus. Yes, he does use an occasional word that I need to open up the dictionary for, but I feel that he stretches my intellectual capabilities. Some that know me would say, well that’s not too difficult, is it? 

I hope you enjoy the articles in this version of the Woodpile Report. And after you read them, read them once again, because his depth and style is not always appreciated in the first reading. The things I read today scared me. There wasn’t a whole lot that was new, but it’s put in a way that makes it more imminent. I have read the Ol’ Remus site now for about six years, and I look forward to it every week. Folks, if you don’t know, we are in serious trouble.

We’ll talk more later. Frank