Any of the rest of you on dinosaur dial-up internet? I live out in the boonies and so unless I want to go satellite, this is my only choice. But the dinosaur is moving slow tonight. He must be in deep water or maybe those tar pits they talk about on the movies. It’s taken me fifteen minutes to even …
Remembering Loved Ones
Hope all of you are having a great Memorial Day weekend as you dwell on happy memories of your loved ones who have passed on. Of course the day originated in the years after the Civil War to honor those soldiers who died during that war. Now we honor our soldiers who have given the supreme price for their country …
The Blessings of Walls
Hey everybody, we’ve got walls!! No more airy rafters. Plus the heat and cool is operable so we’re fixed. Well, actually I’ll be complaining about it being too cold (air conditioned cold) and Darrell will be complaining about it being too hot (not air conditioned cold enough) in short order. Isn’t it that way in every house? But walls are …
Sleeping in a Barn – Almost
Well, it’s not as big as barn, but it is pretty airy. My in-the-process-of-being-remodeled house, that is. I’ve got holes in the wall, remember. Big holes. And a new basement garage door that isn’t hooked up to the electricity and won’t stay down without a plank holding it there. And a new heat pump that is saving me big bucks …
Writing in the Midst of Chaos
How many of you have done remodeling in your houses while you’re trying to live there? And work there? Believe me it’s not the easiest thing to do. We’re building on a room to accomodate our growing family. We tell people we’re building a big room for one day a year when we celebrate Christmas with the kids. With nine …
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there and to all of you who had a mama. I’ll wager that gets you all. Except maybe for Wes in my Hollyhill books. Remember he always claimed to be from Jupiter and Jupiterians probably come from magic beans that old Mr. Jupiter throws on the ground and out pops a …
April Showers in May
We had a day of April showers here in Kentucky today except it’s not April. Guess these are May rains. The raindrops are knocking all the petals off the locust tree blooms. The road was white under the trees when I drove home from church a while ago. But when I took a walk earlier this afternoon I could still …
You Don’t Sell a Dream
Yesterday was Derby Day, and here in Kentucky that’s almost like a national holiday. I’ve heard it said that every Kentuckian should attend at least one Derby, but I know a lot of us that haven’t and probably never will except via television. They do some great coverage on t.v. which is fine by me. I can’t imagine being out …
The Joys of Mud
Spring is a great time for mud and since we’re adding on a room that required some digging, we’ve got plenty of mud to go around. My grandkids are loving it. They like sitting up on the dirt piles digging for treasure. Who knows what might be under the very next dirt clod? Gold maybe. Well, not likely. More likely …
A Sunday of Gifts
How long has it been since you gave yourself a gift? I gave myself a gift today – a gift of time. Of course the day already was a gift since we had our “we paid it off” celebration at church today. That gift was for our whole church family. And we had a great old fashioned country church dinner …