Are there any of you blog readers contemplating retirement? If so, this blog is for you. As a retired person myself I am able to speak with first- hand experience how time consuming it can be. So time consuming that often there is not enough time to retire. Let me explain. Every weekday morning at 8:30 sharp a group of us meet at Subway and drink coffee and share the latest happenings around town since our previous meeting. Well, that’s…..
Our current President has become famous for embarrassing moments. He fell up the stairs, several times, as he attempted to reach the safety of Air Force One. Leaving the stage after a speech caused him some confusion and a sandbag tripped him on another occasion. A bicycle accident also caused further embarrassment. It is not uncommon for our leader to make confusing comments that leaves the listener more than puzzled. I must confess I have been critical of these unusual…..
I wrote another book! After I had released “The Easter Sparrows” I stated that would probably be my last book. The key word there was ‘probably’. 🙂 Up to that point I had written Children in the Outdoors, Volume I, II and III followed by Nature’s Christmas Story. An Easter story would round things up nicely or so I thought. Five books would be quite an accomplishment don’t you think? Then there were those other nine holiday stories that I…..
The uprising happened many years ago, in the early 1970’s. I reminisced the experience this past Saturday as I attended Wheaton High School’s class of 1978’s forty-fifth class reunion. I believe it was the last skirmish to ever take place where Wheaton High School students were attacked by Native American children posing as an Indian war party. Let’s review the political landscape of the early 1970’s that would lead to the unrest between the Native Americans and we the European…..
I am aware that it has been a dry spring and summer since it is approaching the middle of July and I have only mowed our lawn once! Our local paper announced on its front page this past week, “Rainfall in Wheaton was 3.46 inches below normal during June”. That kind of a headline is the reason I never ever considered farming as my life’s occupation. Farming can be likened to visiting the casino every summer with the families’ nest…..
Tomorrow will be our oldest offspring’s 50th birthday! A surprise party is scheduled to take place at his favorite golf course so remind me when I complete this blog that I do not share it until the day after tomorrow! If I shared and the surprise ended up not being a surprise, I would undoubtably be removed from our family tree immediately! Steve was our first born so that alone was special but something else added to the drama of…..
The first time that I observed Kathie suffer heat exhaustion was around thirty years ago. We were serious wood burners then and always on the lookout for a fresh supply of firewood. Our property boarders a creek with one side that has a very steep bank. Occasionally tall poplar trees would be toppled by the wind and lay on the steep creek bank. The trunks were a foot to a foot and a half in diameter and a perfect size…..
In 1962 I graduated from Clinton High School which by today’s standards should have resulted in a graduation celebration of humongous proportions. I remember my high school graduation party very well. Compared to today’s festivities it would be considered boring. Most parties during those years consisted of grandparents, several aunts, uncles and some cousins celebrating in the graduate’s home. Coffee was a must along with a heavily frosted cake decorated with a congratulatory message. Ice cream may have been an…..
The hometown paper came today and after lunch I plopped down in my recliner and started to page through the paper. Every week the paper has a section titled “Can You Recall” and it consists of a picture that had been featured in a past issue. This week’s picture looked especially familiar. It was dated May, l956 and consisted of the Elim Lutheran Sunday School classes and their teachers. What a somber looking group they were. Thirty-eight students and teachers…..
“Say That Again” is the title of my next book due to be released this summer. It didn’t take long to discover that the new book title might cause a little confusion. My wife, Kathie, was visiting with her friend Shirley on the phone explaining to her the theme of the new book. During the discussion Shirley asked Kathie what the name of the book was. Kathie responded, “Say That Again”. “What’s the name of the book?” questioned Shirley again……
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