Tales

The Nuts in the Nursing Home On a recent visit to a nursing home Kate’s friend Julie got bored. She and her brother were getting tired of all the talking and sitting as they went with their parents to visit a relative in the nursing home.  They spotted a bowl of peanuts across the room

Or Nervous Nellie I swear this story is true. If I am ever asked to prove it, I do have a witness I can produce. Those of you that know me will understand that the names have been changed to protect the guilty. A few years back I was traveling with a good friend whom

What do a 57 Ford, a 58 Rambler and a 61 Chevy have in common? I will share the Ford story first and if you are nice I will share the other two stories. It started out as playful fun. It was a Friday night and I was a teenager.  Several of my buddies and

In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4, 000  baseball  coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual  ABCA convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more  veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present  during the

Wayne’s World – Back to the future In the 1970’s a good friend and I used to compete in desert races on our motorcycles. We would practice in the deserts and mountains of Arizona. On one of our trips we ended up in Cleator, out of gas, and about ten miles from our camp site.

Grandkids Grandmas and Grandpas can always learn a few things when the grandkids come to visit. The usual tendency is to spoil the heck out of them and then send them packing. The reality is much different. Here are some of the things I learned recently in 2012, while we had three beautiful granddaughters ages

I don’t think I will be invited back. You need to understand the environment. Location:  Prestigious College Paleontology Lab   Attendees:  Lab curator, numerous professors, and a total of about 20 other people from across the USA with two-thirds of the group retired. Other than the curator and the professors, everyone else was a volunteer.

A personal letter to my family on Memorial Day Memorial Day is about here. Do any of you remember the true meaning or the traditions of Memorial Day? I suspect not because as a father I did not teach it to you. Do you know it was originally called “Decoration Day?” Do you know it

The Great Mud Bog Incident I recently had a few visitors to the great state of Colorado. About eight, to be exact. And with that many people, planning day trips can sometimes be a real challenge. With the diversity of interests of the guests and the multitude of adventures to be had in Colorado you

Do you remember Ralphie Parker? Anyone who has watched the movie “A Christmas Story” will remember Ralphie. The triple dog dare. And the ever repeating mantra of “you’ll shoot your eye out.” Even Santa didn’t want that poor kid to have a BB gun. Every time I hear that iconic line and another voice utter