(This message comes to you from GRITS, “Girls Raised In The South”)   As I sat at the Waffle House putting salt, pepper, and a little Tabasco on my grits, I couldn't help but see the young lady sitting a couple chairs from me dumping half a cup of sugar on her grits. What? Am I eating them wrong? I had to look it up and thought you'd enjoy reading what I learned about … [Read more...]

I have a personal flotation device – built in. It extends outward from the middle of my torso several inches. It has expanded greatly since my weeklong cruise where I ate any and everything in sight and gained 7 ½ pounds. Some would crassly refer to my PFD as a “gut”, but I prefer a personal flotation device - a much less crude description. I discovered the value of my PFD when we took a dip in … [Read more...]

Christmas season is upon us. The reason I know is that every night there are Hallmark Christmas movies on TV.  If Nancy beats me to the remote control, that’s what we watch. Often, the movies are about Princes and Kings in little known European countries who end up falling for and proposing to ordinary American women who then become Princesses and Queens. And it happens almost every … [Read more...]

  We well remember the funny words our children said as they learned to talk. Angelin said, “bisticks” instead of “biscuits. Laura said “grips” instead of “grits” and my son Jimmie had an extensive dialect. He called buzzards “bustards”, he referred to roosters as “doodle-o’s” He referred to fish as “sous” and he called pineapples, “apple pines”. Nancy and I still use those words in … [Read more...]

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  Recently, I have noticed that I am talking to myself more frequently - out loud. The conversation often starts out as, “Why are you in this room? I know you came here for a reason.” “Oh! To find my glasses, that’s why,” might be the response. So, throughout the day when I’m alone, I’ll talk to myself and have a spirited conversation. The trouble is, my hearing is not what it … [Read more...]

  Amazon must be getting desperate for delivery personnel. I see that they hired 3 fawns to drop something off on the front porch of my neighbor’s house. Either that, or the three little moochers were munching on Sandy’s outdoor potted plants. I suspect the latter. The same three fawns have been prowling our Woodbrook neighborhood for about a month. I suspect that Mama deer didn’t look … [Read more...]

  I travelled through much of Kentucky last week – the land of Boone and Bourbon. I don’t know much about Daniel Boone other than he shot a bunch of Mexicans at The Alamo and sold a lot of Coonskin Hats in the 1950’s. Bourbon, however, I know about. As my libation of choice, I have probably sent the State of Kentucky enough revenue for their aged brown liquor to build an auditorium in an … [Read more...]

  Covid. Don’t worry. Our fearless leaders have it under control. In fact, the President of Pfizer who has had all the possible shots and boosters there could possibly be, was pleased to announce that he had only contracted Covid four times. Imagine, if he hadn’t had all his doses, he might have got Covid 5 or 6 times! It’s important to get all those shots and boosters, even though you … [Read more...]