Our car needed some repairs, so I took it in yesterday. Papa drives the car for work, and it gets a lot of miles put on it. It took us to Pigeon Forge, and it will also take us to Jekyll Island later this month. We have a long-standing relationship with the car repair man, … Read more
So, we’re home from Tennessee. We had a great time at the Larkin family’s Christmas in the Smokies. We slept in, talked to a bunch of nice people, looked at the great light displays in Pigeon Forge, all the Fudgie stuff. On the way home we noted some changes in the scenery since our last … Read more
So, we’ve been to the flea market again. I say again, because they seem the same everywhere. The vinyl banners, the refurbished computers, the cheap jewelry, the candles, and the rejected household goods seem to clone themselves from location to location. Of interest this year is the trend of groups of boxes of dollar items … Read more
The above title of a old Osborne Brothers song really didn’t mean a lot to me until I began to travel around the United States over the past 15 years. Perhaps I hadn’t even heard the song before then. We drove down to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee yesterday in the process we went up and down … Read more
Papa and I just bought ourselves a couple of Christmas presents. Now it’s real hard for either of us to think of something we need. I often think the key to happy living is being able to separate what you need from what you want in a very systematic and intellectual way. You’ll always be … Read more
The other day GS2 missed the bus. So, I fired up the old minivan and drove him to school. For some reason, the electricity was out a couple of miles from here. It seemed to have affected some stoplights, but on our route, only the secondary ones, at turnarounds or in the middle of miles … Read more
So, morning again. Papa and I retire at 10 p.m., day in and day out. Last night was a little different. Tickets went on sale for the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, to be held in Wilmington Ohio on March 30 and 31, 2007. According to the website, I could buy on-line beginning at 12:01 … Read more
What a difference a little curve makes! I finished painting in the bathroom and Papa installed our new shower curtain rod. Each person who has exited the shower since that occurrence has used superlatives to describe the change. It’s simply great! You need it.
The past two days sure went quickly. I’m painting again, this time the bathroom. This in only important because it is our only bathroom and painting it is somewhat of a logistic nightmare. We are either very clean, or very dirty (old joke, I know). Also, we like to flush, if you know what I … Read more
Today is the day. I’m publicly non-political, but I do think you should vote. Rain or not.