Archive for July, 2008

telling it like it is

This is my sons email signature… He has 22 years of service in the Army/National Guard… He is currently in Iraq… A “Veteran” — whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve — is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an [...]

July 30, 2008   Posted in: Currents Events  No Comments

surprise surprise

Sometimes things happen to surprise ths heck out of you, Sunday afternoon there was knocking at my door and when I opened it lo and behold there was my daughter with her husband and 2 sons grinning like possums… I was taken over with emotions as this is the only time the have came to [...]

July 29, 2008   Posted in: Current Life  No Comments

Blog To Show

To all visitors from Liz Strauss’ “Blog to Show” event, a big thank you for stopping by… Look around while you are here and see if you find something enjoyable or funny… the “long ago” category is all about my past from a small kid to being in my 20′s.. any and all comments or [...]

July 25, 2008   Posted in: Currents Events  No Comments

ageing effects

One of the scary things about getting old is how much you can change in a year. This was taken in Kerrville May 2007, at the blowneyed blogging gathering, and if you click on it you can see how much I have changed since then… Just after this photo was taken I had to start [...]

July 22, 2008   Posted in: Current Life, Music, Videos  No Comments

Back in the 40′s

I became aware of my lack of spelling abilities back in the 3rd grade (1940′s). When we were going to have a spelling test the teacher would write the 10 or 12 words on the black board and we would write them on our Big Chief tablet. This was so we could learn to spell [...]

July 22, 2008   Posted in: Long Ago  No Comments