Life as I live it

Over the weekend most of the parents traveling with children had movies playing in the car to keep the kids busy. That is "not right...

Because we will not work Thanksgiving, the normal "run" schedule does not apply this week. I ran Monticello and Hamburg yesterday....

One of the bloggers I read said, "I think I will take the day off." There was no reason, they just wanted the day off. I'm ju...

I want a small light weight "point and shoot" camera for my upcoming trip. We have a nice camera but it is just too big and heavy ...

Our governor-elect wants to eliminate the sales tax on groceries. Everyone pays the tax and poor people pay a disproportionate amount of the...

Well, we survived another political season. Now we well see how the more important issue is handled. How soon do they take down all the sig...

It doesn't matter what year you graduated high school. Mine just happened to be 1966. Yes, 40 years ago. The Statler Brothers song of Cl...

Why do we let them be manufactured and sold, when the only the only reason to own one is to circumvent the law. They have been outlawed in ...

John Steinbeck is most remembered by my generation for two of his novels that were made into movies. The Grapes of Wrath , starring Henry F...

Seems these are what come to mind when we think of "outhouses". In yesterdays post I failed to mention the cute decor of the bathr...

We made a drive thru the Ozark National Forest today to take in the beautiful fall colors. We drove to Mountain View, Ar. and up hwy 5 to Ca...

Even tho I spend long hours in my truck, I seldom listen to the radio. Music is just not a big part of my life. That said, I would like to t...

I applied for my passport today. I plan to visit my son in Le Mans, France in the spring. If you know me then you know this is a big step fo...

I seem to be stuck in the dulldrums after coming out of a period of anger and depression. I swing into these moods from time to time and am ...

Yesterday while unloading 1/2 pints of school milk, I noticed the side of the carton asking kids to nominate their teacher for "Teacher...

The weather here the last couple of days have been horrible. Temps in the 70's with a light breeze. God, I hate it. I deplore having to ...

As I approached the restroom at the roadside park south of Gurdon, Ar. on I-30, I spotted a Roadtrek 190 B-class motorhome like the one in t...

As a long time reader of Countryside magazine , I have been hearing about the book , Five Acres and Independence, for a long time. It is ...

Seeing "the walker" a few days ago reminded me of this book. "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins. Peter sets out wi...

For my 100th post I will tell you the "deer camp" story. While I neither own a gun nor hunt, I have been to my friends deer camp a...