As winter begins,

Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy, once ordered some custom made boots. They were of the finest leather with the most gorgeous design anyone has ever seen. When they arrived he was so excited that he just had to put them on and go for a ride. He kissed Dale goodbye, saddled Trigger and off they went. After a couple…

We baseball fans love us some stats. Sometimes they seem to be more important than the players themselves. We use them to measure the abilities of players against their contemporaries and, with adjustments, against players of other eras. We use them to decide who is worthy of election to the Hall of Fame. And they…

Actually I wish my knees would let me run. As it is, when I'm up to full walking mode, I'll spend 90 minutes on the treadmill at an incline of seven or eight. The advantages are that I can watch TV or read a book while I'm walking in an air conditioned, heated room. When I started this about fifteen years ago I knew…

Actually I wish my knees would let me run. As it is, when I'm up to full walking mode, I'll spend 90 minutes on the treadmill at an incline of seven or eight. The advantages are that I can watch TV or read a book while I'm walking in an air conditioned, heated room. When I started this about fifteen years ago I knew…

In the middle 1950's to the early 1960's we played baseball at a park down the street and around the corner from our house. There was no true baseball diamond. The bases were wherever we placed the bricks or sticks or whatever was available, positioned so that first and third were closer to together than they should…

A tweet today from TastesLikeBurning about seeing an eagle on the side of the road reminded me of an experience I had about seven years ago. I was coming home after a couple of rounds of golf. We play at a small town country club about a 45 minute drive from my house and I was maybe 10 minutes from home. As is my wont…

There was a time when your basic telephone service was what was called a party line. This meant, usually, there there were two numbers sharing the same line. Each number had its own ring so you would know whether or not the call was for you but, since you were sharing the line, you could answer the call, regardless of…

Since the Braves were playing the Indians last Tuesday and my number one in sequence son-in-law is from Cleveland we decided to go to the game. The six of us that currently comprise our home-crew piled in my golfer's machine, aka a Honda Odyssey, and headed north for about 75 minutes, give or take. tobecontinued

Now that everyone seems to have calmed down I feel the need to bring y'all's knowledge about Florida weather back into the realm of reality. I'm from slap dab in the middle of Georgia so I know winter weather. I'd like y'all to notice that the month of December was never mentioned. The coldest I have ever been,…

Part Three, Mrs. Erg and the Snake(s)

Part Two, Mrs. Erg and the Lizard

I hate roaches. All of them. Especially those big sumbitches that can fly, albeit poorly, for short distances. To add to the fun, I can't stomp them. The sound of their hideous selves popping makes me gag. Seriously. Ergo, Mrs. Erg handles the roach stomping duties in our house. She stomps while I walk away with my…