Category Archives: Writing

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

Posted on April 10, 2020 by

Back when Donald was just candidate Trump, I was doing some contract work for a local developer. The developer was trying a assemble some smaller properties to put them together to make one big property. He hired me to track … Continue reading →

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How does your garden grow

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” – Alfred Austin I have written before about my love of … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on December 30, 2019 by

“It always comes back to us – why are we here? Well, we just happened to be here, we couldn’t choose it. The chance of us being born – that sperm hitting that egg – is 400 trillion to 1. … Continue reading →

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The journey

Posted on December 16, 2019 by

What I saw; My wife wanted to head-up to the mountains to buy her Dad a Christmas gift, something that we saw in a shop this summer. There wasn’t any guarantee that it would still be there but given the … Continue reading →

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Another letter to my Senator

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

“…….the country going through an impeachment trial would be traumatic and I think we should avoid that if possible.” – Lindsey Graham Speaking on behalf of everyone in my family let me assure you that going through an impeachment trial … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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Long live the Queen!

Posted on May 22, 2019 by

In replying to a comment Nan left on my last post I shared a little about the closeness of my side of the family. Let me very clear about this point, my side of the family. Both of my parents … Continue reading →

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A Dogs Life-#4 update- A Eulogy

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

Way back in June of 2016 I wrote a post I titled A Dogs Life-#4 about the two current dogs in my life. In this post I wrote about my 100 + pound regal Rhodesian Ridgeback and my special girl, that I … Continue reading →

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Flies and biscuits

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

Three or four flies have gotten into my house. They don’t really bother me unless they are buzzing around my head when I am trying to go to sleep at night then, yea, I am not a fly fan. We … Continue reading →

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The differences between us

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

I am sitting in my little downtown coffee shop right now. To my right are two people, an older man and a younger woman talking about candidates they are looking at for a job with their company. Behind me are … Continue reading →

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