“I totally lucked into this deal … staying in a new barn/house on 1700 acres butted up against a national forest in Montana … in The Big Hole area. The only thing between this place and the mountains is a few hundred head of Angus. I rode a four-wheeler all morning, right up to […]

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In the event you may be new to this blog, here’s a PingPrimer:   PingWorthy

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  Jan. 5, 1928 – June 27, 2013 Most of the lyrics don’t apply, but the title and the chorus keep running through my head … In remembrance of Billie Jean Pieratt (Pingel) Long … “Heaven Is A Better Place Today.” A creative force.  A positive spirit. A nurturing mother.  A teacher. A volunteer. A […]

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Maybe I should change the name of this site to PingSerendipity.  Yes, two blogs in a row are about those weird little coincidences in life. A little set up first: To promote the PingWi-Fi brand, I started a thing a few years ago where I send out little blurbs called HisTweets on Twitter.  The HisTweets […]

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My friend Randy and I were just texting about how much we enjoy those serendipitous little things in everyday life. Here’s why we were on the topic. Two weeks ago, back home in The Texas Panhandle near Vega, he and I were at the ruins of an old stone wall of a sheepherders’ camp on […]

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  Highlights from PingWi-Fi:   The road goes on forever …

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It may have not been the most embarrassing moment in my life, but it was certainly in the top 10. I was only about 10 years old, and on the farm, I had “graduated” from driving the entry-level tractor — pulling a “one-way” plow in long lazy circles out in the field.   This one […]

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    I was undecided whether or not I would blog anything about the Texas Tech win over my hometown team, TCU, yesterday a nail-biter before a homecoming crowd — the second largest crowd in TCU history — with 48K in the seats. The breakdown: about 32K in purple, another 15,999 in Raider red … […]

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