In spite of war and pestilence, global warming, inflation, flooding, starvation and world wide food riots, tornadoes, Chinese problems with Olympic preparation, terrorism, Russian re-emergence as a cold war antagonist, the never ending Democrat Party nomination process, worldwide death and destruction, the impossible national debt, threats to maintaining Social Security and Medicare, outrageous health [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A Nice Day
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged classmates, current events, friends, reunion on 29 Apr 08 | 1 Comment »
Old Folks “sweat and fret”
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged driver's license renewal on 18 Apr 08 | 3 Comments »
Certainly others as well as me, after they pass the age of 75, may begin to sweat and fret as the period for renewing one’s drivers license approaches. Now I’m not suggesting my wife is in the “old folks” group but she did enter the high 70’s recently and this was the year [...]
Conquering the “sell” phone.
Posted in Everyday Life, tagged cell phone, technology, Walter Scott on 16 Apr 08 | 2 Comments »
Our cell phone was a gift and is greatly appreciated but rarely used partially because of the operator being technically impaired. We are grateful nevertheless, and it was really appreciated last winter during the electrical and land-line outages, and we never leave home without it. No, we would never consider “selling the cell”.
Walter [...]
Aunt Ollie’s House
Posted in Family, tagged Family History, Sams Family on 09 Apr 08 | 3 Comments »
I have no idea why I choose to write about her house on this particular day. It’s just another very pleasant memory of my life at a very young age. Aunt Ollie Robinson was really a Great Aunt, a sister of my Grandmother (My Dad’s Mother). I never knew her husband John who I think [...]
“1776. No just 76″
Posted in Family, tagged birthday on 04 Apr 08 | 3 Comments »
She’s 76, going on 100. Pat, my wife, best friend, and guidance director. 1776 was the country’s birthday, today is your day. Actually, I am determined, that as long as I live, you will never be able to catch me.
Happy Birthday. I love you.
April “Fools Day”
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged april fools, birthday on 01 Apr 08 | 3 Comments »
My objective today is to wish granddaughter Jenna, son-in-law Steve, and good wife Pat a Happy Birthday. (“No foolin”) The best thing about it is that March is no more, and there is hope eternal for better days ahead. But we have been “fooled” before. In fact, we are reminded of [...]
