January 2017

Everyday at lunch I eat 2 boiled eggs mixed with a drained can of tuna, mixed with yellow mustard, tossed with some sweet pickle relish and a squirt of mayo.  Every day Baxter jumps up on the counter as soon as he hears the can opener drawer open.  I started leaving a small bite of Read more

Everybody I know has a different music list of favorites…including him…although I must say he seems to be pretty all inclusive judging from the tunes coming from his workshop in the morning.  Throw in a little classical, country, pop, rock and roll and even a good ole Christian harmony and he is good with it. Read more

When I attended college in Joplin, MO back in the 70’s, I recall one snow storm that surprised me due to Joplin being in southern Missouri.  Everything shut down.  It was an impressive amount of snow but nothing like we had in Iowa.   For 30 years, we lived in the country in Central Iowa. Read more

I was going to put Franny out tonight and follow him to bed and read…at least I would BE in bed ..sleeping was not part of the plan….but…I thought I would check FB while Franny was doing her business (which really means wrapping her chain around a tree and bark) and I found a post Read more

Even though I allowed someone to mess with his private parts at midnight last night….I’m referring to Baxter not HIM, look who is following me around today. January 2nd 2001, my dad passed…it’s always a bitter sweet day for me.  Very sad because I lost my dad but relieved because he was ready to go….and Read more

Being retired is very comfortable for me.  My retirement Anniversary is coming up next month…3 years.  I find that I’ve become quite lazy.  I do what I want to do and that is it.  Because of my personality, I worry that I’m wasting every day…but then the voices in my head say….if you are at Read more