• Downed but not Out

    Sometimes rough days make the best days. Up early, I had to take care of a broken newspaper box. While unloading it, the thing, being lighter than I thought, came off the bed of my truck faster than I could move and fell on my left leg, knocking me to the ground. With no one…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “This old age stuff has come at a bad time in my life.”

  • Mind Your Tongue

    Some people do not understand that it is not only rude to yell at people you do not know, but it can also be bad for one’s health. And I’m tired of being yelled at and too damned old to put up with it to boot. Being a sunny and warm morning yesterday, I decided…

  • Mercy

    Fellow blogger Allen Rizzi posted a few days back about Don Williams. One of the songs he listed was “What Do You Do with a Good Ol’ Boy Like Me.” While it was released in March 1980, I never heard it until about two years later. What fighting-hole I was in at the time, I…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “I’ve been banned from social media because I don’t want to worship ‘Saint Floyd of Fentanyl.’”

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “A big nose is no excuse for not wearing a mask. After all, I still wear underwear every day.”

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “Jus’ had my first shot. Gonna have a second as soon as the cocktail server comes back.”

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “I never realized how long a minute was until I started exercising.”

  • Beyond The Purple Sage

    It has been at least twenty years since I have read “Riders of the Purple Sage,” by Zane Grey. It is a great book, full of adventure, and fills one’s head with all sorts of imaginings and pictures. One thing the book is not – sexual. I hate seeing reviews where the person pulls a…

  • Budding

    budding aspen tree is not very interested in birds in its branches