GRUMPY OLD MAN An Analysis I’ve been sitting at my keyboard in a fit of sour-puss anger, talking trash with every voice that comes into my head and when they stop I continue to talk trash to myself. What a luxury! After about an hour of grumpy conversation with those characters that have crossed my … More Grump Attack
These past few days have been filled with renewed energy that I’ve found. I attribute this good health to a few events. I’m eating well since taking on a vegan diet. My weight has dropped a little over twenty pounds since the last week of January of this year. I have hired a house cleaner … More Open to New Experiences
The Northeast is slipping rapidly into Spring. As is common in the upper U.S. Spring is a combination of late Winter and something we call “mud season”. I’ve been tracking detritus from the yard into the house since early May. Some days are quite nice, warm and sunny. Most days are overcast and cool. The … More Head Down and Ass Up (Kinda)
I use this medium to express myself. I like this way of sounding off and recording, in my opinion, brilliant and humorous words. I am not smart enough to fully utilize the tools offered by the originators of this WordPress thingy. I am, in the minds of many, a newbie who is probably too old … More I Look Up and Everyone is Gone
I have lived in the Northeast most of my life and I have lived in other parts of the U.S. long enough to be able to compare what happens in Spring. When the days continue to gain in daylight minutes and the temperatures continue to rise there comes a point when the earth explodes through … More All Around Me is Getting It On
May is the month for high school graduations but that is not truly an important part of my life. I came up with this title only because of the piece of writing I just pulled up from my ‘stories’ file. I like the story because it was one of my first experiences that still gives … More May is the Month for High School Graduations.
CATFISH AND THE SNAPPER It’s not so rare to see a catfish and a snapper in the same day on the same trip. Let me explain. I’d left Virginia Beach after four days of submarine reunion with about a hundred old guys like me. Many had their wives with them, some brought along their kids … More Catfish and Snapper
THE TRIP BEGINS TO COMPRESS It’s an East Coast Thing I swing down through the southern states, Georgia, Alabama, a bit of Mississippi, and then into Louisiana. Until I get to the gulf coast the territory is consistent. In Alabama there is the KIA automobile plant that stretches for over a mile along the interstate … More It’s an East Coast Thing
SHE ESCAPED FROM ANOTHER WORLD Now she lives in Georgia of all places! I left Spring City, Tennessee on the morning of the 7th of February. I was packed into the car with all of my things minus the case of dark beer from Maine. I left that as a gift for Tim. Tim is … More Meeting My Long, Lost Friend Rae
THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE SMOKIES Nico is Her Name This is one of my favorite stories. Usually initiated with, “How did you meet Nicole?”. I find most meetings of note are a case of timing on both sides of the equation. I met Nicole in a restaurant in Tennessee on my way back from … More Nico is Her Name
Playing Fair and Being Kind 