Boy howdy, I don’t know about y’all, but I’m not gettin’ as many calls from phone creatures here lately as I used to. Of course, my wife Janet did put us on one of those “do not call” lists. I…
I saw a chinaberry tree the other day and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that big in my life. I got to thinkin’ after I saw that tree that I haven’t seen as many chinaberry trees as I used to.
I wrote this about four years ago and a lady remembered it and asked if I would rerun it. Well, you know me; I cannot turn down a request from a pretty lady, so here it is.
You know, I dial wrong numbers all the time, and usually as soon as the person on the other end answers, I know I’ve dialed the wrong number.
Remember kids; don’t try anything you read here. You see, back when I was a kid, we used to do some really stupid stuff with fireworks. I know, that’s hard to believe, me bein’ the upstandin’ …
I’m sure some of you have already started your Christmas shoppin’. You’re puttin’ up decorations and such, and gettin’ ready for visitors, and plannin’ to have a big time. Some say that they w…
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Have any of y’all ever been to a poetry readin‘? I went to one awhile back.
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Well, here we are, betwixt and between, as folks used to say, the two biggest holidays of the year. When I was a kid, I used to wonder why the powers that be put them so close together. Someti…
About this time every year, I’m asked to rerun this old story. It is one of my most requested.
I was asked if I would rerun one of Janet’s old articles. What you are fixin’ to read is not current; it is from about 10 years ago, so I’ve moved on to other things.
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Awhile back, I went in for a check-up at my doctor’s office. I would tell you who my doctor is, but he won’t let me. Really! When I go in to see him, the first thing he does is ask me the same…
I have no idea how many years hollyhocks have been growing in front of my house.
Before you read any further, I would like to issue a warning. The story you are about to read is not for the faint of heart. It is a tale of two enemies. One an animal, one a man; pitted again…
It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the Halloween hooplah. For me, as I sit at my computer during this last week of October, my mind is busy with memories of my great-grandmother.
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The Greenlick Run bridge and trail project turned out to be more involved than any of us had planned. So I’ll try to fill in more of the details, beginning still on Friday, Oct. 25, the day I …
I was lookin’ at myself in our bathroom mirror the other day when Janet walked in.
As you recall from last week’s excitin’ episode, my cousin Coy, Little Rusty, Wee Whoa and myself, oh yeah, and Bones, the dog, were about to embark on a dangerous mission.
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I visited a cousin the other day; the one who calls me “Nets” and tells me I look like my mother. I always look forward to that.
I was asked this past week by my buddy, Larry Gilley, if I would rerun his favorite story. It first appeared in the paper 15 years ago this month, but has been rerun several times as it’s one …
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Several people sent messages to me a few weeks ago — old friends, newer ones, some acquaintances I hadn’t heard from in a good while. They all wanted to be sure I was aware of a particular pro…
Man, for a while there I thought the phone creatures had taken me off their list. I haven’t talked to one in a few weeks. Believe it or not, I sort of missed them.
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The fall colors are a bit muted this year, it seems. I have waited for the gaudy autumn hues that I always look forward to, but I guess that isn’t going to happen.
Kids now-a-days have got it made. Man, they’ve got everything. They’ve got laptop computers, computer games, cell phones and all sorts of gadgets. Heck, they’ve got more stuff hangin’ off thei…
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I moved slowly along the old logging road 30 yards above the hollow bottom. Through the understory that was changing to fall colors, I detected two deer moving slowly. With a bow in one hand a…
