I’m beginning to lose faith in Horne, our local Dodge Ram Jeep dealer here in Show Low. As I’ve shared before, a while back the check engine light came on in my 2022 Ram Laramie and then the battery went dead. When I contacted Horne’s Service Department the first time, they said they were sure […]
We checked out of the Residence Inn in the Apache Junction area at 11 o’clock yesterday morning and went to Terry’s parents’ house to visit with them for a while before we headed back home to the mountains. It was nice spending time with them, but her mother tires easily these days and we didn’t […]
We slept well at the Residence Inn on Thursday night, and Friday morning was spent posting the blog to Facebook and other sites and answering emails. Then, a little after 11 o’clock we headed out for a very busy afternoon. Terry was driving and she took the 202 Loop to the 101 Loop across the […]
We were up early yesterday morning because we had to get packed up and ready to make a road trip down to the Phoenix area. Tiffany came over and visited for a little while before we left, then she and Kenny were coming back to stay at our house and take care of the critters […]
We checked out of the La Quinta hotel in Mesa about 10:30 yesterday morning and drove to Terry’s parents’ house and spent a couple of hours with them. It’s always hard to say goodbye, but we left them with assurances that we would be back before too long. That’s better than during our fulltime RVing […]
We left home about 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon, headed down to the furnace that some people call the Valley of the Sun. When we left Show Low it was about 80° and when we arrived at Terry’s parents in the Apache Junction area it was 114°. I don’t care if it is a dry heat, […]
Terry and I love our family and it’s been a true blessing to have them so close at hand here in Show Low. We laugh, we reminisce, we talk about plans for the future, we eat lots of Terry’s excellent cooking, and we never get tired of it. But sometimes we enjoy having an “us […]
As I shared in a blog post a while back, when we called Allstate insurance at their office in Flagstaff to get coverage for our home here in Show Low, their inspector had a long list of things that had to be taken care of before they would issue the policy. Some things were no […]
Our Alabama house and our Florida house before that were much bigger than our new place here in Arizona, but we have reached the age where we were ready to downsize. Of course, downsizing means everything you have isn’t going to fit in a smaller space. That’s just basic physics. One of the things we […]
Arizona’s monsoon season is upon us, and we got some rain on Wednesday, and quite a bit more off and on yesterday. Not a moment too soon. Show Low and the whole region has been under Stage 2 fire restrictions for weeks now. Campfires and all other open fires and target shooting are prohibited except […]
Before I get into today’s blog from my days publishing small town newspapers, I wanted to let you all know that I uploaded the print edition of Big Lake Sinner to Amazon late last night. It should be live and available for purchase sometime today. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away […]
Boy, time sure flies! It’s hard to believe our week here in the Apache Junction area is almost over. Today is our last full day to spend with Terry’s mom and dad, and tomorrow we will be heading back up to Show Low to spend the weekend with my daughter Tiffany and her family before […]
It’s hard for me to pass up an antique mall or gun shop without stopping in to see what they have that I can’t live without. So yesterday, Terry and I stopped at a gun shop in Apache Junction on our way to her parents’ house. And wouldn’t you know it, they had a very […]
Another blog post from my days publishng small town newspapers. Television has taught us that journalists and the police are always at odds with each other, sworn enemies who will never come to any kind of middle ground. The reporters are pushy and don’t care about anything but getting the story, and if they can […]
Q. What are the sizes of Terry’s raised planter beds and do they have a bottom enclosed? A. They are 8 feet long and 2 feet wide, and they do not have a bottom. Q. After reading your blogs, I have decided you both work way too hard! I thought you were retired? Of course, […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (no, actually it was right here, come to think of it), automobiles came with this funny little metal thing called a key that you put into a slot on your car’s dashboard or steering wheel column. You turned it and the engine started, just like […]
Television has taught us that journalists and the police are always at odds with each other, sworn enemies who will never come to any kind of middle ground. The reporters are pushy and don’t care about anything but getting the story, and if they can throw a cop under the bus to get it, even […]
Did anybody get the license number of the truck that hit me? If you did, please let me have it. Because that darned thing whooped my butt! Sometime early Sunday morning I woke up with a sore throat, which seemed to get worse. I still wasn’t feeling great when we left Mesa early Monday afternoon […]
Okay, Arizona. Enough of this nonsense! It was 31o here in Apache Junction overnight Wednesday night and about 40o at 9 a.m. And it was cold all day long. I highly disapprove! Meanwhile, when I talked to my son last night, he was bragging that it was in the low 80s at his place in […]
I was back at it again yesterday, working hard to get the new issue of the Gypsy Journal done. I thought I was doing pretty good when I noticed that I was at page 28 already of the 44 page paper. But then I had one of those rut-roh moments, followed quickly by frustration. Usually […]