It’s hard to teach this old hound new tricks. Lord knows, I’ve been trying. For years, I’ve relied on the double dash as if it were an old friend that never let me down. Two little lines that could hold a thought, change a direction, or land a punchline better than most words could. Then…

When a man makes it to 95, you figure he’s learned most of what life has to teach. But then, life has this habit of sneaking in a few extra lessons when you least expect it. My neighbor across the fence, whose sharp eyes dulled some by time, steady hands slowed a bit by age,…

They say opposites attract. I’m here to tell you that’s true, but only because two people who are the same are too busy irritating each other to get along. Case in point, I recently met a man with the same attitude as mine. You’d think it’d be refreshing, like meeting a long-lost twin who finally…

My friend, Kathy Covey, lost her bestie today. I say lost, not like she misplaced him behind the barn or set him down on the kitchen counter and forgot where she put him. No, she lost him in the sense that there was no other choice left but to let her horse go. His front…

Did I ever tell you, I once lived just a stone’s throw away from a family that all died of mysterious head injuries? Now, before you let your imagination run wild, let me assure you it wasn’t me. I may be many things, absent-minded, a little too fond of coffee, occasionally loud at the wrong…

I went shopping today at Walmart, which is already risky enough without adding screaming children into the mix. You can’t so much as sneak in for a loaf of bread without tripping over a pallet of “seasonal must-haves” you didn’t know you needed. But today wasn’t about me—it was about the show that unfolded in…

I was there when it happened. That’s a phrase nobody wants to earn, but I carry it just the same. Two planes, two men, two masters of the sky touched wings where they shouldn’t have, and that was all she wrote. Chris Rushing and Nick Macy, gone in an instant. The Reno Air Races had…

Since I couldn’t sleep last night, I decided to wander outside with Buddy to see what all the fuss was about the so-called Super Moon. Supposedly, it was going to be bigger and brighter than usual, though, to me, the moon has always looked plenty super. Still, I figured I might as well see it…

My friend Glenn recently shared one of those moral lessons online. You know the type. simple, wise, and meant to make us all nod and say, “Hmm, so true.” His point was that anger only hurts the one who clings to it. Solid advice, but of course, being the smart aleck I am, I couldn’t…

There’s a funny truth about small towns, front porches, and neighbors who never quite warm up to you–they don’t have to like you to make sure they know your business. Now, I don’t mean “neighbors” in the biblical sense. I mean the ones who sit just far enough away to avoid ever saying hello, but…