I have been really cranking out the words on my new Tinder Street book in the last week or so. I did 4,500 words on Monday alone, then printed out several chapters for Terry to edit and proofread. Now that she’s done with them, I need to make her corrections before I send them off […]
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 […]
I can’t count the number of guns I’ve owned in my life, starting with an old Stevens single shot .22 rifle I got when I was about 10 years old. In the years since, I have owned many different types of guns, and still do. I have handguns for target shooting and personal defense, rifles […]
Is there a better way to start off the first day of a new year than cuddling in bed with the person you love, talking about how lucky we are to have each other and to have the life we share together? If there is, I don’t know what it would be, and that’s just […]
I’m back with more questions from blog readers about RVing, my writing activities, what’s happening in our lives since we hung up the keys, and all kinds of other things. While I try to answer all questions individually, I also share some here occasionally. Q. I know your new place is keeping you busy, but […]
So what do you do when you are 70 years old, own your house in Florida free and clear, and have almost no debt? If you are myself and Terry, you buy another home in Alabama and move there! I’ll be honest with you, when we bought our place here on the Intracoastal Waterway, we […]
In a blog post a few days ago titled Jack Was Impressed, I told you how I made a once in a lifetime shot while target shooting with my dad, older brother, and a friend. Today I will tell you about another target shooting experience in the same place at another time. As I said, […]
Even though it isn’t politically correct to a lot of people these days, I grew up around guns and was taught to shoot at a very early age. But not before I was taught gun safety. Besides being an excellent shot, my dad was a hard taskmaster when it came to carelessness with firearms, and […]
Terry has her second cataract surgery this afternoon at the Kutryb Eye Institute in Titusville. She is really looking forward to getting it done and then for her vision to stabilize in both eyes. She tried taking the lens out of her eyeglasses on the side that she already had done, but it was still […]
We have had our 2005 Ford Explorer Limited for about eleven years now, and it has always been a good vehicle for us. We set it up to tow behind our motorhome, and in addition to the 133,000 or so driven miles that it has on the odometer, we probably towed it another 75,000 miles. […]
I have said many times that Terry and I are best friends, and we have a wonderful marriage. We have so many things in common – we like the same kind of music, we enjoy many of the same things, from traveling and kayaking and flying kites to collecting antiques. We like reading, we both […]
Have you ever met somebody who seemed like they were born to succeed? Beautiful babies that grew into beautiful children and then beautiful adults? People blessed with naturally wonderful personalities, intelligence, athletic skills, and the ability to always be in the right place at the right time so that fortune smiles on them? Yeah, I’m […]
How well do you know your best buddy? The guy who works with you? The mother who takes her turn driving the kids carpool to school once or twice a week. Or the neighbor next door you have occasional cookouts with? Sure, you know them. But how much do you really know them? Do any […]
When I was young man I used to be involved in all kinds of shooting sports, including trap shooting. I was never great at it, but I was able to bust a few clay pigeons and I always had fun. Over time life got in the way and I stopped competing in matches but still […]
I called my buddy Greg White last night, and assuming you can believe him, he is still alive. I think it’s probably true, I can’t think of any reason why Greg would lie to me about that. Now, that thing about him and Annette Funicello making out in the backseat of his dad’s Rambler station […]
With my new book finished, I’m already planning my next writing project and will be jumping headfirst into that soon. As for Big Lake Abduction, the one I finished on Tuesday evening, Miss Terry started proofreading it yesterday. She was laughing by the second page, so I hope that’s a good thing. I spent much […]
That is the question. While I’d really love to take my iMac out to the local cinder pit and blow it to pieces with my AR-15, that’s probably juvenile, right? And besides, it would make a mess and I’d spend the rest of the day picking up pieces of it to haul away. No, not […]
I lost a lot of time while we were with our friends Jim and Shar during her last days, so I’m behind schedule on the new issue of the Gypsy Journal. So the last few days I’ve been pretty much chained to my desk, making up for lost time. But you know what they say […]
As I wrote in yesterday’s blog, I’ve been hitting it pretty hard the last few days and was starting to feel a bit burned out. So I decided to play hooky from my desk and go play yesterday. The four of us left Charles and Chris’ lot in the Yuma Foothills, and after a stop […]
There is frugal and then there is cheap, and there is a difference between the two. I wrote a book called The Frugal RVerto help RVers save money on the road. We publish guides to free campgrounds, fairgrounds with RV camping, and casino camping. Taking advantage of these opportunities is being frugal. And then there’s […]