Mrs. Sims’ passing was as unobtrusive as her life, marked only by a small cardboard sign in front of her house, “Auction Friday. 10:00 a.m. Household items.” After living on that corner across from my home for many years, Mrs.…
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WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
B Years ago as my step father was sliding into the bizarre horror of Alzeheimer’s, he would sit on the blue couch in the living room and say, over and over again, “What am I doing here?” That puzzled…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Alabama, Alzeheimer's, Civil War, Georgia, GONE WITH THE WIND, librarian, photographer, Rhett, Scarlet
THE CRANES
Bucket lists tend to focus one’s thoughts. After reaching a certain age, it’s time to take stock and be sure that anything important that you want to do is not ignored or forgotten. Seeing the crane migration probably isn’t…
Posted in Travel Tagged with: bucket lists, crane migration, extinction, Grand Island, Kearney, Nebraska, North Platt yodeling music, northern Mexico, Oklahoma, Operation Migration, Platt River, Sandhill Cranes, Texas, Whooping Cranes
TRAVELS IN SERVICE
When one drives through Missouri today it is hard to realize that only Virginia and Tennessee had more Civil War battles and skirmishes than Missouri. Missouri hosted the first large battle west of the Mississippi River with the…
Posted in Chat, Travel Tagged with: Battle of wilson's Creek, Civil War battles, Confederacy, German, Irish, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia
THE PEABODY DUCKS
Duck migration, that harbinger of winter, is almost here, but that doesn’t matter to the Peabody ducks. They’re not going anywhere. They know a good deal when they find one. The Memphis Peabody Hotel is a gracious old lady…
Posted in Travel Tagged with: Duck Maste, Duck Palace, ducks, mallards, Memphis, Peabody Hotel, r, red carpet, royalty, Tennessee sipping whiskey
