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

While painting at home or working in the yard, I typically enjoy the company of the audio nature to keep my mind occupied as I go about...

About one month ago, I had to vacuum our largely white, shaggy rug in our family room using a Dirt Devil. I quickly noticed that...

IMPETUS BEHIND AMENDMENT 4 Desmond Meade, who was convicted of a felony and later earned a law degree after his release became involved...

Athens and Crete Youth hostels were quite inexpensive in Athens so I spent a week deciding how to proceed for the last two months of '82...

Satire (Noun): the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in...

Satire (Noun): the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in...

Past Canine Confrontations Before I talk about dogs and walking in Libertyville, I need to tell (I hope) an interesting story that...

Gardening Another hobby or fitness activity during these challenging times is getting on my hands and knees and start digging. It’s dirty...

During this pandemic, I was trying to determine what I can and can't do from a safe and healthy perspective. With limited social...

Unless you have been living under a rock these last few weeks or totally consumed by Covid-19, you've heard the news recently that Mary...

Recently, in late June, there was a Trump rally in the town square at Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages – that made the rounds on...

This quiz will test your knowledge of how President Trump feels about his present and former cabinet members. The initial comments by...

This article, in part satirical, is about how American English speakers use some brand names as a verb in everyday language although not...

Even before COVID-19, when someone in the gym or grocery store had a runny nose or was coughing and sneezing in public, my defense...

In mid-May, my wife and I spent several weeks in Clearwater Beach waiting for the self-quarantine to end in Illinois when my wife said...

So on May 12, 2020, ESPN published their ‘Top 74 Players of All-Time’ list on espn.com. Before I perused the list, I told myself I would...

Most every Christmas, we get together with my wife’s family in Central Florida. Typically, we have a grab game where we go around either...

IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT YOU DONALD TRUMP It’s more than curious that Donald J. Trump’s signature will be on the stimulus checks mailed to...

According to the Washington Post’s article on Saturday, April 25, there were nearly 2,000 protestors in Madison, Wisconsin, who descended...

My mom had a three-foot measuring stick and if you exceeded that length, you qualified for frequent dishwashing. In other words, at that...