Life as I live it

My angiogram showed I have one small vein with 90% blockage but they can't put a stint in it as it might compromise the two veins beside...

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted but I have been under the weather and have been resting on the couch instead of sitting at the...

"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. It has been decades since the last time I saw the movie " The Grapes of Wrath"...

Yesterday I spotted this rig. ...

I am the youngest of my family of 7 siblings. I had three brothers and three sisters (one died before I was born). Today I sadly became the ...

Maybe it's the wide open spaces of Texas, but from my observation Texans drive very fast. Even when they are in Arkansas (why would any...

I have always had a fascination with small cars and I was aware of the Smart Car before I went to France last year and knew they were all ov...

My favorite flower is the daffodil. When I see them growing in the wild, they mark "springtime" for me. Every spring I develop a ...

The Sunday Drive is a term often given for any drive that is just for pleasure. It is one of life's simple pleasures. In the spring and ...

When we receive snow (or it is even mentioned) in Arkansas, people go crazy. They buy all the "milk and bread" in the stores (it i...

From the seat of my truck I have a nice view inside the vehicles that pass. Though the years I have watched the "little movies" (o...

" Pretty Boy Floyd", by Larry McMurty (of " Lonesome Dove" fame) and Diana Ossana. The true facts of any famous person...

I know it has been a nearly a month since my last update but not much is happening to write about. My weight is steady at 222lbs. My schedul...

222 lbs. I have caught the "crud" from getting wet Thursday (or DW gave it to me). I wish I had the day off but Saturday is one ...

Several years ago we lived on a short dead gravel road by a small AG&F lake. Our neighbor owned "free range" chickens and one ...

One pound gain for the week.

Hearing grumbling about $3 a gallon gasoline. That is not the case with the El Dorado, Arkansas school students. El Dorado is the home of M...

I met another backpacker this week but he was not what I would consider your usual (if there is such a thing) vagabond. He had his backpack...

221 lbs. and holding.

"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" is generally referring to taking money from one bill to pay another. My "Robbing Peter to pay Pau...