Good Grub
One of the benefits of being a traveling engineer for a oil company was that I was on an expense account and I got to eat at some fine restaurants on the company when I traveled. I have shared some of my favorite eating places in today’s story. It’s a wonder I didn’t get more porky than I did. Continue reading
I have heard stories of others having the good fortune of running into famous stars and getting to meet them, but I didn’t think it would ever happen to us. What actually happened was beyond anything I could have imagined. Here’s the story. Continue reading
Insurance Rip Off
I always thought the insurance companies existed to protect the customers interests. Here’s a case where they put their interests above the customers and ripped us off. Continue reading
The Artery
I think we all have a near death experience at one time or another in our lives. This has the tendency to bring us closer to our Lord. I know I received some Divine help one night in June 1996. My story follows. Continue reading
Aces On The Lake
Over the years we shared a lot of adventures with our clogging friends. The Rhythm Aces had so much fun at times it’s difficult to describe. All of the adventures included the whole families. It’s hard to believe that all the kids have grown up and have children of their own now. Now we are all thankful for grandchildren. This story describes one of our adventures. Continue reading
Here’s a quote from a not so famous guy named Hawg Jaw Bill:
“When you think of one of those seemingly interesting things that happened in your past, you better write it down or it may be gone forever.”
I just recalled a happening that I want to record on my iPad Notes, so here it is. Continue reading
Fuzz Tailed Varmints
My granddad used to sit on his front porch and hand feed squirrels. I loved to watch him feed them and I began to think of squirrels as cute little pet like animals. When I became a homeowner in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, my opinion of them changed drastically and I began to think of them as fuzz tailed varmints. Here’s the story. Continue reading
The Big Black Dog
We have always liked dogs, but on one occasion my patience was tried severely because of one Big Black Dog my daughter, Kristi, brought home. Here’s the dog tale. Continue reading
Mini Reunion
On some of our Mickey Mouse Gang Reunions, all the members were not able to attend. I think those of us that were able to attend made the best out of it. These not fully attended reunions shall hence forth be know as Mini Reunions. Here’s the Mini story. Continue reading
Houston Dream
Traveling to Houston and back each week to work on a project gets to be a real pain after a while. Since I knew the job I was going to be on would last another six months, I was able to talk my boss into a temporary assignment in Houston. It was like living in another world or maybe stepping out of our world into another world. It was sort of like a working vacation for me. Pam said it was like she was on a cloud with the world floating by. Our life’s were totally different than living at home. Here’s the story. Continue reading