Sunday’s Column – We Can’t Please Everyone
I recently had quite a pleasant email exchange with a spry and delightful young 81-year-old. At first, she was not happy and let me...
read moreSunday’s Column – Find The Time
It is said one never realizes what they have until they lose it. That realization can haunt one forever. Yet every now and then, grace...
read moreSunday’s Column – Wise Words On Camping
We recently had our annual spring campout with the Mighty Men of Pack 47. Bittersweet in a way. Youngest SON of Thunder will be moving...
read moreSunday’s Column – The Little Black Dress Is Our Guest Columnist
The Little Black Dress is our guest columnist this week. Enjoy! Recently, I was told I was in the middle of midlife. I am sure I...
read moreSunday’s Column – Breaking The Habitual Habit
Habits, by their very nature, die hard. They are positive or negative, depending on one’s viewpoint. Those who get up early in the...
read moreSunday’s Column – One Man’s Treasures …
People collect stuff. And those collections are important to those who build them up over the years. They are cherished, shown off to...
read moreSunday’s Column: Easter and WMDs
Today, the Little Black Dress will don a beautiful dress and wear a hat the Queen of England would kill for. The SONs of Thunder will...
read moreSunday’s Column – Sequester This
When the federal government starts using words you’ve never heard of, watch out. I refer to words like “ethnic cleansing.” This...
read moreSunday’s Column – Due Process, Drone Style
So a few days ago I’m in the backyard hanging with the SONs of Thunder. We’re watching Gigantor, the Dog Who Thinks She Can Fly...
read moreSunday’s Column – It’s Just Stuff
Sometimes you have to let things go. It can be painful, but there can also be a release of sorts. Too often we hold on to whatever,...
read moreSunday’s Column – Eau du Bengay
There were few visitors to our abode over the last 10 days or so. Few ventured past the Black Death warnings posted by the Centers for...
read moreSunday’s Column – Running Out Of Time
There is an uneven sound throughout our casa this week. It’s like listening to some rock band and you know something is missing. And...
read moreSunday’s Column – Obligatory Day (Repost)
The Little Black Dress says I have an ornery streak. That, or I’m a glutton for punishment. I wrote the following column years ago....
read moreSunday’s Column – Gigantor And The Baconator
Around this time of year, the sawdust flies. Weapons are sharpened and oiled. Battle plans drawn up. Munitions purchased. The stage is...
read moreSunday’s Column – A Different Take On ‘The Princess Bride,R...
Our clan thoroughly enjoys “The Princess Bride,” so much so even the SONs of Thunder can recite every line – even down to...
read moreSunday’s Column – Danger, SONs Of Thunder, Danger!
The Little Black Dress is on strike. How long said strike will last depends on the SONs of Thunder. Which means, for once, I am not...
read moreSunday’s Column – Obvious Answer To Quadrillion Dollar Question
There will be no Death Star. If what I can only say was a bit of levelheadedness for once, the U.S. government has nixed the idea of...
read moreSunday’s Column – Does God Cry?
Some columns are easy. Living with the Little Black Dress and the SONs of Thunder, I am rarely without ammunition. Some times, it’s...
read moreSunday’s Column – How To Throw A Party LBD-Style
Here’s Sunday’s column in The Newnan Times-Herald: There are certain individuals considered Zen masters when it comes to...
read moreSunday’s Column – Opposites Attract
What happens when a collector of stuff meets a tosser of stuff. Sunday’s column in The Newnan Times-Herald: I am...
read moreSunday’s Column – Christmas Column
Not a single original thing in this one, but here’s Sunday’s column in The Newnan Times-Herald taken from the...
read moreSunday’s Column – A Birthday Letter
Here’s Sunday’s Column in The Newnan Times-Herald: The Little Black Dress and I are trying our best to raise the SONs of...
read moreSunday’s Column – Listen And Learn
In our household, certain phrases are oft repeated during movie time. The second most-used is “can’t you be quiet.” If you’re...
read moreSunday’s Column – The Donut Debacle
Here’s Sunday’s column from The Newnan Times-Herald: There is a certain time when the forces of evil are most potent. It...
read moreSunday’s Column – Facts vs. Myths
Here’s Sunday’s column from The Newnan Times-Herald. Separating facts from perception and all that stuff. Roughly a...
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