Monthly Archives: July 2011

You may remember that last year I signed up with Century Link to provide me my internet service. After five months of diligently paying my bill through online banking I received a disconnect notice for failure to pay. Any who … Continue reading →

Here in Florida we have what’s known as a lanai…a sort of sun room or back porch. My lanai is special as it sports but one decoration…the head of a hand made broom woven from reed fronds. It was hand … Continue reading →

“ Ninety two bucks …..have it in a week “ That’s what the parts dealer barked when I handed over the water sensor switch I had just removed from my Maytag washer. I had decided to buy the cheaper part … Continue reading →

After we sold our home and before heading up to North Carolina we rented a very nice house. This house sat upon a huge double lot, covered with very tropical vegetation, fruit trees and grass….lots of grass. This forced the … Continue reading →

“ When I was a young man I carried me pack, And I lived the free life of a rover, From the Murray’s green basin., to the dusty outback, I waltzed the Matilda all over….. “ And so are the … Continue reading →

Frankie H. was the heavy equipment operator for the company I worked for over numerous years. He and his misses celebrated their anniversary the day before me and mine and I’m guessing that’s how he happened to so easily remember … Continue reading →

Where we lived in the Smoky mountains was …..well simply beautiful. Seemingly idyllic with a fresh and wonderful scene to ogle around every endless bend in the road. Beneath the opposite glove however was one of the prices to be … Continue reading →

  The 1958 Ford taxi in which I rode had a very cliché cracked windshield that helped take the mind off the endless creaks and groans its undercarriage emanated. It finalized its long and arduous trek up the single lane … Continue reading →

The wife’s family brought us a gift of a couple of brands of coffee on their recent visit from Colombia. Now the misses usually brings back a suitcase full of beans from our farm every year and as we were … Continue reading →