October 31, 2024

The other day was a burn day, so I decided to torch the stack of dry weeds and tree limbs brought down by a storm that I had piled up in my backyard. Luckily, my twenty-something granddaughter was there to help. “I want to light the fire,” she demanded. “Are you sure you’re up to…

October 21, 2024

I sincerely regret that chickens and ducks (as well as other birds) will be on the topic for the second rant in a row. I pledge that the next rant will not have anything to do with birds. This story was just too much to skip… Do You have a license? Of course you do….

October 2, 2024

If I hear this phrase one more time today, I’m gonna hurl.  Aside from the bad grammar, what the hell is it you got? Grammar Nazis hate phrases like this and so do I. A big problem is that they get overused so much they start to turn your stomach when you hear them. It…

September 25, 2024

If I were to suggest something musical to listen to while reading this, I would definitely pick “Who Are You,” by the Who. I would suggest this because not only was it a great song, but this was the exact music going through my head in the dream that inspired this piece. It all started…

September 12, 2024

When I was a kid, my brother, Dad and I used to watch World Wrestling Federation matches on the TV. It was a hoot! My brother and I were thrilled big time when Dad took us to the Uptown Arena, a ramshackle place filled with the smell of cigar smoke and stale beer, to see…