We all know a lot about George Washington, the Father of Our Country, but how much do you know about his mother, Mary Washington? Would she be called the Grandmother of Our Country? Born November 30, 1708, in Lancaster County, Virginia, Mary Ball was the only child of Joseph Matthäus Ball and his wife, Mary […]
In yesterday’s blog I mentioned that the wired remote control for my Golden Chair recliner was not working properly and that I had ordered a new remote control from Amazon. I forgot to mention that the second remote control, which covers the heat and massag modes, had stopped working some time ago. I seldom use […]
Yesterday, Tiffany and Destiny spent the day and night hanging out with Travis and Geli, something they don’t get to do very often because they live so far apart. They had a wonderful time exploring the area together, and later on Tiffany sent me this picture of Destiny working on a gourd project, I’m sure […]
In one of my earlier posts about my small town newspaper days, I mentioned a fellow named Ed, who lived in the infamous East of Snowflake area in northern Arizona. Ed was the man who wanted me to send an undercover reporter out to his property because a UFO had landed and little aliens were […]
The thunder rumbled and the rain poured all night Thursday, and though the thunder had pretty much stopped by noon the rain came down all day. The weatherman said there wasn’t an inch in the state of Alabama that didn’t get wet, and I believe him. It was a good day for staying inside, and […]
One of the nice things about living in the country is that you never know what your neighbors may show up with next. Since we moved here a year ago last January, we have had neighbors drop by to give us baked goods, plants, starter trees, invitations to their churches, and more. Yesterday morning I […]
Except for my daily blog, I’ve been slacking off in the writing department since the release of Big Lake Ranger right after Christmas. I did bring out Murder, Mayhem, And Main Street a week or so ago, which is an e-book bundle with the first books in my three different mystery series along with a […]
I received a phone call from somebody at our local Dodge/Jeep/Ram dealer telling me that the new Laramie pickup truck that I had ordered in June and was assured would be delivered between late July and the end of August last summer, had just arrived on the lot. He asked when I wanted to come […]
I bet that title got your attention, didn’t it? 😊 Well, get your mind out of the gutter, this is a family-friendly blog, depending on how weird your family is. I have been using a CPAP machine for almost a month now, and as I shared with you before, I was surprised at how easily […]
With the recent cold snap we had here in Central Florida, Terry and I were worried about the citrus trees we planted last year. She went online and did some research, and the advice was to cover them with something to ground level to ward off the freezing temperatures. We did that, wrapping them in […]
A blog reader sent me an e-mail yesterday asking me if I could recommend any books about African Americans that she might read in honor of Black History Month. She said she’s read plenty of stories about people like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and many other African Americans […]
You know you have lived on Florida’s Space Coast for a while when you don’t even pay attention when the news announces a rocket launch and are not aware of it until you hear the sound of the booster rockets on reentry. That was the case on Wednesday when SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket […]
Smoked turkey, that is. For a long time now, we have been talking about smoking a turkey in our Orion convection smoker, but we never seemed to get around to it. On our last shopping excursion to Publix grocery store a couple of weeks ago, they had turkey breasts on sale, and Terry asked if […]
There was a time when gas cans came with a flexible metal spout that made it easy to fill a tank with. But, in their infinite wisdom, someone in the government decided that if something is working, they must find a way to screw it up. So they did, by mandating a new non-flexible “safety […]
I have mentioned before that I love doing research for my books, but it can become quite addictive and a time waster if one is not careful. Then again, if you’re learning new things, is it ever a waste of time? I spent much of yesterday working on my new Tinder Street book, knocking out […]
A while back I wrote a blog post about a visit to my doctor and them giving me a chart with a food pyramid on it. I said then that the problem with that was that everything I like is on the wrong side of the pyramid, and the stuff I don’t like is what […]
Note: In the last week I have had three different people ask me about Tarpon Springs, the historic Greek fishing town on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Yes, we have been there several times, it’s one of our favorite places in Florida. Rather than answer the same questions again, here is a repost of a blog from […]
Yesterday was another busy day for us, even though we were just hanging out at home. And when I say hanging, I mean that in more ways than one. I mentioned the other day that our friends Greg and Jan White are coming to visit, and somebody asked if they would be parking their motorhome […]
Just a short blog today to give you a quick update. As I mentioned a few days ago, I have lived with chronic back pain for most of my adult life, a result of an injury I got when I was in the Army. It usually flares up a couple of times a year and […]
I got an e-mail yesterday from a couple who are devastated because the used Class A motorhome they recently purchased is turning out to be a lemon. And while I feel sorry for them, their story is not unique. They said they bought the rig, a 2012, from what they thought was a reputable dealer. […]