On the first Friday of April in 1974, I had been living in my folks back room in Farmington, MO for a few months, but I was heading back to college in Cape Girardeau the next week. About to receive an undergrad education degree, I had just finished my 8 weeks of student teaching at…
The following went to quite a few folks via e-mail. Most of them will also get a JibJab. -=-=-=-= I hope your 2017 has been a good one. Mine has been pretty awesome. I’m a lucky guy. 1/1/17 began with coffee, waffles and the hair of the dog with friends at my favorite breakfast place…
I used to write letters. Letters that traveled here-and-there in envelopes with a USPS stamp. I still write letters. But not all that many, and not all that often. I don’t have to buy all that many “forever stamps” these days. My Dad’s side of the family has always written lots of letters. I don’t…
On October 8, 2012 I laid eyes on Shelly Drymon for the first time. Yesterday was our Five Year Meet-aversary. Life is Good. It was not love at first sight 1,827 days ago. Maybe there is such a thing, but I have never experienced it. [I have however experienced “lust at first sight”….and I still…
Birthday week of 2017 was a doozy. Music. Sunshine. Friends. Food. Family. Frolicking. Revelry. Reminiscing. More music…and a tad bit of introspection. We had been in Orygun less than 3 months when Jackson Browne released “The Pretender.” If I had a “ben franklin” for every time I have played the album since I bought the…
…i have them all the time: crazy thoughts. I’m not alone. But then again, we all are… I’ve been thinking about this eclipse hysteria. I’ve had a pair of “shower thoughts” about this craziness. Today I’m seeing pictures of people flocking to “viewing spots” in mass. I have no idea what and where the largest…
I admit it. I’m a Hater. I HATE: Authoritarians Bigots Fear Mongers Greedheads Homophobes Hypocrites Litter Bugs Pedophiles Racists Terrorists Thugs I LOVE: The Beatitudes The Constitution Freedom Free Speech The Golden Rule Kindness Liberty Love Tolerance -=-=-=-= Be. Just BE. But don’t be an ASSHOLE.
It’s been 43 days since June 27 and my last post to this blog. On August 1, 2017 I saw a great show by Ryan Adams at The Pageant in St. Louis. The first four lines of the 3rd song of the evening pretty much describes my state of mind since my 6/27/17 post: “I…
I’ve always loved a roadtrip. I’ve been on more than my share. There will be more. I aim to move even farther to the lower right on the bell curve that tallies up road trips. Our 2017 road trip is only a couple of days away. I’m expecting to put over 3K on a rental…
It was a spring day in 1976. A Monday. The first class after lunch. Pre-Algebra. A packed classroom, most of whom didn’t think they had any reason to ever learn or understand math. (I still feel sorry for them. I’d bet that some of them said “do you wanta supersize that” for a looooong time….)…