When my children were young, we had a tradition of my telling the three city kids about the old ways — fun family history from many miles away — “Farm Stories.” The kids loved the stories, or maybe it was just one more ploy to get to stay awake a little bit later. I never […]
Entries from July 2019
Dog Days Of Duke — Another Place In Time
July 28th, 2019 · Tags: Uncategorized
Fly Away Little Bug, Before VW Kills Off Species
July 13th, 2019 · Tags: Cities · Satire
Social media tells me that the Volkswagen Beetle is no more … again! Remember the U.S. “Bug” was quashed years ago, although the Latin American-made Bugs continued to multiply south of the border, following that whole Boys From Brazil kinda thing – German stuff migrating to the southern latitudes and all that … I […]
Happy Fourth! Make America Great Again!
July 4th, 2019 · Tags: Politics
Starbucks Floorplan Not Enough For This Footprint
July 2nd, 2019 · Tags: Coffee Shops · Satire · Wi-Fi
AND THESE PEOPLE DRIVE CARS!?! I’ve told the story many times about the day that I took the driving portion of the test for my Texas Driver’s License. My parallel parking abilities back then were pretty good at 16, but not used very often in Vega, Texas. So if there was an area of […]
