Life as I live it

The older I get the more like my dad I become. While my dad died when I was barely 11 years old, I have many memories of him and of course m...

I have ridden my motorbike to work everyday and it is averaging over 75mpg. Hard to call a 200cc a motorcycle even though it is . I had for...

Have you ever wondered how the milk stays cold in the "milk tankers" you see on the highway? What, you never thought about it! The...

At a dairy the answer should always be "yes". We receive our raw milk by the semi truck tanker load and sometimes we process milk ...

I don't really see the big deal about having birthdays. Just still be breathing and they will come. SIXTY is a milestone and today ...

13 years is the longest time in my life that I have not owned a motor scooter or motorcycle, enough is enough. Shortly after selling my Hon...

Today was my first day back to work after playing hookey last week. I had a very short day and made it fine. No shortage of breath and had p...

"The Summons" , by John Grisham Judge Atlee, a powerful and beloved judge from Clanton, Mississippi was on his death bed when he s...

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...