My home was built in 1909 by my great-grandmother. Her children were grown and moved out, but she built it big enough for them to come back and gather there. My father knew it as his grandmother’s house. I knew it as my great-aunt’s house. It remained the gathering place on holidays even when folks […]
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The weather has been perfect yesterday and today, low seventies, clear blue skies and no wind. I was able to get in a ride on Old Red both days, but had to start "an hour later" today. The shade you bless on hot days was an unwelcome interlude today. We wanted all of that setting […]
I really don’t consider myself a Luddite. I have a cell-phone, write a blog, my motorcycle has a shaft drive, I like central heat and air. On the other hand, I like some traditional things like acoustic instruments, and early music (baroque, renaissance, medieval) played on period-type instruments — I own a harpsichord and a […]
It’s good to be getting back to a little bit of a normal routine again. The blog has been rather neglected as we prepared for, went on, and recovered from a trip to Orlando, Florida. I hadn’t been away from my office for 24 hours since April, so I was indeed glad of a break. […]
A veterinarian in general practice has to wear a lot of hats, especially when you’re a solo act (with a great back-up group of staff). I’m the internist, surgeon, dentist, radiologist, pharmacist, sonographer, clinical pathologist, behavior counselor, grief counselor, office manager and I forget what else. But that’s not what I came here to talk […]
I hadn’t seen the old Guinness Book of World Records in many a year. It seems to me that it just came out of nowhere when I was in high school, and everybody was reading it. Then I’ve sort of lost sight of it, much like the fading of Trivial Pursuit. My recollection was of […]
Boy Scout Troop 272 held a Court of Honor this evening. Scoutmaster Freddy Gentry took 12 Scouts to summer camp at Camp Lewallen in July, and they brought home 42 merit badges, plus a lot of great memories. If you clicked their link above, you can read his journal from camp. Tonight they shared those […]
This post has nothing to do with "pets and vets", but it is something I’d like for more people to read. Since it was in the print version of the Wall Street Journal, I can’t just "link" to it. It really speaks to the incredulity I feel when I hear someone say, "There’s nothing to […]
Sometimes it takes a while to get around to setting things down for posterity, but better late than never. Since this is the twentieth year, I reckon it was 20 years ago on the Fourth of July that my wife’s sister Lindy suggested that the front porch of our house looks like a stage, and […]
Well, the season is only one concert, but it’s a good one. I always loved band when I was in school. After you graduate, there’s not much opportunity to play your instrument. Sneaking into the pep band at football games is frowned upon. More than twenty years ago, I clearly remember talking about getting up […]