December 14, 1967 I wrote . . . I always liked to walk in the rain. It’s almost as relaxing as lying in the top bunk of a cabin in the north woods, with the un-insulated roof close above and just listening to the raindrops splash on the asphalt shingles. Or, sitting under a pine […]
If you’re like me, and I don’t think I’m an oddity, you didn’t get your plow or blower ready for winter until you awoke to inches of snow. And, of course, the winds were whipping at 86-miles an hour, the temperature was 11 below, you couldn’t find your winter boots or gloves and you had […]
We’re not going to get too serious here just before the holidays. Question: If all the endowed gals get jobs at Hooters, where do one-legged gals get jobs? Answer: I-Hop! – – – 0 – – – Too often when playing with Shayna she’ll rip some skin with a claw. When the bleeding starts I […]
The following isn’t 100 percent, but it covers a lot of us. First we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. (Not recommending that, of course.) They took aspirin, ate bleu cheese dressing and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with […]
Thanksgiving Day, 2005 Let’s see, there’ll be five grandchildren, three of our own plus their spouses, brother-and-sister-in-law, Luan’s mother and brother-in-law and with me, that’s 16. Another challenge of the day is to fit them around an extended dining room table. Together we should be able to skeletalize a 25 pound turkey and hopefully leave […]
The way things are going in Washington these days your couldn’t even get the Law of Gravity passed. There’d be one side voting for a right-pull, one side voting for a left-pull, that senator from out east pushing for complete rejection and the president threatening a veto. – – – 0 – – – As […]
By the time the fall-winter television season ends, the networks are already promoting the absolutely most riveting, humorous, scary, informative and heart stopping ‘must see? show for the coming fall season. Each new show gets the same ballyhoo. Commander in Chief on ABC was hyped not only by the network, but I swear by every […]
Over 93 percent are employed. I just thought I’d remind you of the employment figures, since one is most often exposed to only the unemployment figure. In case you need another reminder of the employed, count the cars, pickups, SUV’s, mini-vans and truck-car vehicles as you hit the roads between 6 and 9 a.m. and […]
A soreness in my left knee prompted an X-ray by a knee doctor. (What else?) He pointed out something — a spur or bone chip or a fault in the film. I couldn’t tell. Then he turned and started talking about my meniscus. I thought it really invasive of him to mention my meniscus in […]
For the most part art means pictures, and for me that art has to have meaning to me. Which means it has to be something I can relate to. Like pictures of the Mackinac Bridge, babies, barns, creeks, flowers, animals in fields and a smiling hog. You see, Dali doesn’t do it for me. I’ve […]