Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
The Cast Iron Man

The Cast Iron Man

Statesman or Politician?  The Long View or A Suitcase of Cash? My family, all 12 of us, just dodged a bullet.  A few days ago we got back from a nifty vacation in Charleston, South Carolina.  Long walks on the beach.  History.  Southern comfort food.  The mayhem of...

Romancing The Stone . . . er, The Tom

Getting under the hood My son, Byron, and I went turkey hunting a few weeks ago in central Nebraska a couple of miles west of the little town of Wolback (population 257). It was a guided trip with Gobble and Grunt Outfitters.  While by no means cheap, for city...
Still coming home

Still coming home

Fiddling while Rome burns I spend many hours blogging at my local library.  They regularly host events on a wide variety of topics.  I rarely take one in; its tough enough for me to keep on track without one more distraction. However, recently a program called...
Trump and The Wall:  smart like a fox?

Trump and The Wall: smart like a fox?

Or dumb as a stump? At the library where I blog, there’s a table displaying IRS information booklets.  An ever present reminder that tax season is, alas, upon us. But in addition to the booklets, there was, up until a few days ago, a sign declaring that...