Revisit: Ancient bridges in France . . .
I posted this classic presentation of classic French architecture some eight months ago in August of 2010. During that eight months the posting has garnered a total of zero comments. Less than one...
View ArticleA typewriter, a teacher and a teenager . . .
During my tenth year of schooling I enrolled in a typing class. I would like to say that my interest in typing was an effort to hone my writing skills and perhaps follow in the footsteps of the great...
View ArticleRevisit: Words to live by—Lean on me . . .
The purpose of this posting is to share, with anyone and everyone who happens to pass this way, the beautiful thoughts expressed by Samuel Ullman in his poem Youth, excerpts of which appeared recently...
View ArticleThe matron, the maid and the pool boy . . .
I received this joke in an e-mail at sometime in the distant past. For some inexplicable reason—heh, heh, heh—I saved it and now I would like to share it with my readers. It involves a conversation...
View ArticleA morale-uplifting event during the Korean War . . .
Beginning in October of 1950 I spent 15 months in South Korea during the height of the Korean War, first at Taegu Air Base until it was overrun by the Chinese early in 1951—we retook the airbase a few...
View ArticleA country breakfast? Never, not for a country boy. . .
While rambling around a Virginia blogger’s site I came across a photo masquerading as a breakfast in a Huntsville, Alabama home. I was born in Alabama but left there as soon as I could, illegally...
View ArticleBarack Obama, Hillary Clinton & uhs . . .
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, This evening I am privileged to introduce the president of the United States, Barack Obama and our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. However, before I introduce...
View ArticleI remember Mama—thoughts of my mother . . .
Countless times over the years I heard my mother say that she was not afraid to die, that she had lived her life with love for her Maker and in deference to Him, and that she was ready to meet Him at...
View ArticleA house of ill repute and a Minuteman . . .
Minutemen were members of the American colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War with England. Modern minutemen have been in the news recently, ordinary citizens who are working on the...
View ArticleListen up, Rachel Maddow—learn your possessives!
I voluntarily submitted myself to the excruciating torture of watching your show yesterday, June 3, 2011 and during your coverage of John Edwards’ current trials and tribulations I started counting the...
View ArticleListen up, Chris Matthews: Palin knows more than you do!
In your show on the evening of Friday, June 3, 2011 you covered Sarah Palin’s visit to Boston. You skewered her when she said that Paul Revere rode his horse through the towns to warn the people that...
View ArticleIn defense of Aggies . . .
Let’s hear it for the Aggies! Let’s hear it for those stalwarts that are presently in attendance at Texas A&M University, for those that have been graduated by that school and for those that were...
View ArticleDaddy-O’s Doo Wop Diner in Farmersville, Texas . . .
The city of Farmersville, Texas is located in the far north corner of the state, with a population of 3,542 in 2009 and still growing, and in that city is a restaurant called—are y’all ready for this...
View ArticleJane Austen: I require so much!
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! – Jane Austen. That quote by Jane Austen was the THOUGHT OF THE DAY...
View ArticleDetector dog team: A leash with a problem at both ends . . .
Long, long ago in a far-off land, way back in the good-old-days of the past century when I was gainfully and sometimes painfully employed, my managerial duties involved a close, professional and...
View ArticleBagpipes, burials, blunders & septic tanks . . .
To paraphrase Art Linkletter in his old-time television show, Kids say the darndest things, humor can be found in the darndest places. I received this e-mail recently from a lovely retired couple in...
View ArticleHow to drive a Porsche—not!
First comes full disclosure: I do not own a Porsche automobile. I have never owned one nor have I ever longed to own one, and unless I hit the lottery for multiple millions I will never own one. Having...
View ArticleRonald Reagan, the Great Communicator on the farm . . .
To paraphrase Art Linkletter in his old-time television show, Kids say the darndest things, humor can be found in the darndest places. I received this video recently in an e-mail from a lovely retired...
View Article.22 shorts, Indians, desperadoes & turkeys . . .
Papa John, my step-father, placed little emphasis on the yuletide season, whether regarding religion and the birth of Christ or on the spirit of giving at Christmas time. I can only remember two gifts...
View ArticleHooray! I’m in the bottom one-third of home owners . . .
According to the Census Bureau’s report (§963 Mortgage Characteristics – Owner Occupied Units), as of 2007 when the most recent data was available, the United States had 75,647,000 owner-occupied...
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