Recently a good friend of my mothers moved 3 hours away. She left her home, her family farm and her friends. She left with her daughter who is about to be 15 years old. My first thought was divorce and I was horrified knowing how long and happily the couple had been married. Thankfully it wasn’t…
I woke up yesterday and thought to myself “Wow, I have a really large and shiny forehead” So I cut myself some bangs without so much as a by-your-leave. Ta Da! I pranced off to work thinking to myself I wonder what John will say? I wonder what Rob will say? I wonder what Addie…
Remember your first kiss? Paul G. our neighbor’s son who lived up the road, kissed me in his parents barn when I was 12 years old. I ran home, got in my closet, called my best friend and promptly gave her all the gory details. It was gross and grand all at the same time, my life would…
Some folks say “Chicken Brained” as if it were an insult. I happen to think chickens have quick albeit small minds with a remarkable ability to recall people, facts and sounds. Please don’t take me to be one of “those” animal people who go off the deep-end on such subjects. No, I think I keep…
Chiggers are a foul, evil, burrowing insect which until recently had been pushed to the back of my mind. I haven’t experienced chiggers in YEARS! I distinctly remember the last time I had chiggers, I was a covey leader at the Bobwhite Brigade Youth Leadership camp near Brownwood, Texas. For some, unknown reason by the…
Have you ever found yourself in a rut? Like a personal rut, not it is October and you are a male deer seeking female companionship kind of rut. Those kind of ruts are okay. No, I am speaking of a rut such as your family has eaten spaghetti for dinner every night for a month,…
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I was so glad to aquire this book and know I am not the only human, large or small, affected by this dreadful creature! “Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster” reminds us all that the ‘what if’ syndrome not only depresses our mind but truly cripples our attempts at greatness. …
I don’t listen to a lot of ‘new’ country music but the popular Jason Aldean song popped into my head when I spied this pill bug, just chillin’ on our dirt road. Which was freshly graded and smooth for about 6 hours. Then someone drove on it. Then it rained. But for a few precious hours the road…
I remember learning to read. My mother had a race car chart on the fridge that was supposed to inspire me and track my progress. I’m not sure if I ever finished ‘the race’ however I remember when I finally determined that reading was essential to life. I was around the age of seven and…
Do you have a list of things you are going to ask God when you get to heaven? I know I do. After I meet Moses, Noah and Daniel I’m going to get down to the matters that weigh on my brain daily like “Why can’t I get a tan instead of turning a brilliant lobster…
The Wicked Chicken 