Adventures in the garden
Did some sod busting this morning by digging up potatoes. Scratched around and below the plants for a few with my hand to see if I could find …
Columns
The care and feeding of children…
Was reading a daily newspaper a few days ago and came across a column entitled, Do we feed our pets better than we feed our kids? After seeing …
A meal fit for a Queen
Had our first tomato samiches of the year this weekend, Twas good too. Read with interest about Queen Elizabeth II visiting President Bush in Washington and having dinner. …
Snake sighting on the back porch
Have to pull duty on Saturdays from 0900 to 1200 every month or so. Yesterday was one of those Saturdays. Just before noon, the Mrs. called and said …
Going home isn’t always easy
Went back home to the hill country for a few days; that is the foot hills of the Appalachia Mountains in Georgia. What takes twelve hours to drive …
Virgina Tech tragedy strikes close to home
Tragedy among tragedies!! This is the best way I know to describe what happened this morning in Blacksburg, Va. about 100 miles from my home. When I think …
A soggy Easter morning….
Wet and cold this Sunday morning, not good weather for Easter services and especially the Easter egg hunt for the kids. Way back when, we had our Easter …
The enjoyment of poetry
Poetry is something I have enjoyed all my lifepoems done by the national/international masters and local or state poets. There always seemed to be a freshness of a …
You’re running for what?
Had occasion to visit Grenada, Miss. a few days ago while driving through that state. This was our first visit to that medium size town. Most times when …