America – It’s Independence Day!
So tomorrow is the Fourth of July, right? Well of course it is. But to me it’s more than that. It’s Independence Day! Isn’t it great that we are Americans and have such a great day to look back on in...
View ArticleSummer
<Ethan at the local swimming pool> I don’t know about any of you, but summer kind of snuck up on me this year. One minute I was unpacking coats and gloves from a trip to the East coast in the...
View ArticleRoad-Trip Postcard: California
Hi folks! If you’ve been around me long you will learn that I write painfully slow. I don’t use a computer at all, instead I write everything down in what Lisa calls “block printing” on my yellow...
View ArticleThe Big Circle
Yesterday was an unusual day. My two youngest boys and I made a big circle over into the Texas Panhandle to meet my daughter-in-law and the newest Hampton. As I held the tiny bundle of life I was...
View ArticleWhy I Talk Politics
October 4, 2012 Folks, last night someone commented that they didn’t like politics coming from my Facebook “music page”. Obviously they don’t know me very well. You won’t find me telling you how to...
View ArticleA Cure For What Ails Us
So the debates are behind us and the only thing now between today and the election is a gigantic storm named Sandy. If you’ve been following the posts and comments here and on my Facebook page, you...
View ArticlePerspective
Dear Friends, Well its over for now. Personally it didn’t go the way I had hoped & prayed it would. Last night I listened to the returns as I was driving through the black empty prairie. When...
View ArticleOur Beautiful View
Our place sits out in the open prairie but up above the valley, to our south the rim rock of the mesas climbs a thousand feet above us. The country between is blanketed with Oak Brush, Pinõn, and...
View ArticleThe Big Party
Rumor is that the party of the year was today. We have all heard that the price tag on this little soirée will top $150 million dollars when the receipts come in. Now myself, I wasn’t invited so maybe...
View ArticleOur Song…
So yesterday I asked the folks on Facebook if they had a special song with their “sweetheart” and of course to share what it was. I love to read the answers and why people love a song. A lot of it has...
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