Nov 262023
 

In the tiny community of Centreville, Mississippi, just a few miles north of the Louisiana state line, we came across a mystery that dates back to the days of the Great Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Embedded in the concrete of one of the town’s street is an old Colt .38 revolver. […]

Travel Talk

 Posted by at 12:38 am  Nick's Blog
Apr 072022
 

COVID kept us close to home for the last couple of years, and even though we are not RVers anymore, we definitely have hitch itch. So Terry and I have been talking about making some trips this year. Besides, our accountant says that if we don’t get some more business deductions, we’re going to be […]

Just Taking Up Space

 Posted by at 12:09 am  Nick's Blog
Dec 192020
 

I did not get a lot accomplished yesterday except for a teleconference with a nurse practitioner from Dr. Creamer’s office, the doctor that did my RF nerve ablations. They were done six months ago today, and it was a follow-up to see how I am doing. I told her the difference is amazing from how […]

January Potpourri

 Posted by at 1:16 am  Nick's Blog
Jan 222020
 

Definition of potpourri – 1: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent. 2: a miscellaneous collection. The second definition above pretty much describes today’s blog, a collection of miscellaneous thoughts and info that I’m sharing because I really don’t have anything else to talk […]

Jun 142018
 

I got an early start writing yesterday and things are moving along very well. So well in fact, that I thought I would be done with my new book by the end of the day. But Mother Nature and the computer gremlins were in collusion and they had other plans. This time of year we […]

Six To Go!

 Posted by at 12:21 am  Nick's Blog
Apr 242016
 

Yesterday was another day of working on the new issue of the Gypsy Journal and I got a lot done. By the time I wrapped it up sometime late in the evening, I only had six pages left to go. Actually, five and a half pages, because Terry’s recipe column will take up half of one […]

Apr 232016
 

Since we took Thursday off to play tourist in Tarpon Springs with our friends Charles and Chris Yust, yesterday was a working day. Except for occasional short breaks to check my e-mail and answer the most pressing ones, I spent most of the day at my desk writing and laying out pages for the new […]

Sponge Town

 Posted by at 12:03 am  Nick's Blog
Apr 222016
 

Even workaholics need a day off now and then, so when our pal Chris Yust told us that she and Charles were taking yesterday off to go play and that Miss Terry and I were going to do the same thing, who was I to argue? They picked us up a little before 10 o’clock […]

Honoring Fallen Lawmen

 Posted by at 12:02 am  Nick's Blog
Mar 182016
 

Note: This article appeared in the November-December 2003 issue of the Gypsy Journal. It may not be the largest or most well-known monument in Washington, D.C., but the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is certainly a moving tribute to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities. In America, a […]

A Lot Going On

 Posted by at 1:26 am  Nick's Blog
Mar 202013
 

It was still dark when Terry’s sister Lisa picked her up yesterday morning for the drive to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. Her dad came though his biopsy fine. There was a concern that it could have collapsed his lung, in which case he would have been kept in the hospital. But that didn’t happen […]