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For Pete sakes! Why did I ever read this?

Let me say this up front. I am not a Danielle Steel fan. Even though I read her book presented below. Now that I got that out of the way, here it is. So here is a book some of you might like. It has all the elements of things you might be interested in.Continue reading “For Pete sakes! Why did I ever read this?”

Are we there yet?

Before there were Interstate Highways, before there were GPS directions, before there were seat belts, before there were cup holders, before there was car air conditioning, before there were McDonalds and Denny’s along with Motel Six, there were narrow two lane paved and sometimes gravel roads across the great desert southwest and southern New MexicoContinue reading “Are we there yet?”

In case you missed the Cold War.

Let me start this way. Let’s pretend we dug up a time capsule buried inside a White Owl cigar box labeled “Cold War” and exhumed from under the chicken coop located in our backyard in East Los Angeles. Buried back in the early 1950s for anyone to later discover and analyze. Well anyway, here isContinue reading “In case you missed the Cold War.”

Just a shot in the dark?

So, what is the excuse? What reasons are given to NOT get Covid vaccine? I read article after article about medical professionals growing weary of people dying from Covid-19 and the Delta Variant needlessly. “This shouldn’t be happening.” “There is a vaccine to prevent all this sickness.” Staff is over worked and fatigued.” . TooContinue reading “Just a shot in the dark?”

Are they Space Aliens?

What is their freaking point?!!! Our southern governors are flat out nuts. They want to jeopardize our children and grandchildren going back to school. Back to school with some teachers and support staff without their Covid shots. Also not requiring all to wear masks. Morons all of them. I absolutely don’t get it. This issueContinue reading “Are they Space Aliens?”

We did this because we were transplanted Okies.

August was the month our family traveled from Southern California non-stop to southern rural Oklahoma. This was our required annual summer motoring away from our East L A home. An obligatory trudge taken for the purpose of visiting our parent’s mother land. A trip with a promise of lake swimming, ice cold watermelon, greasy friedContinue reading “We did this because we were transplanted Okies.”

This kid might have the right stuff.

I’m not sure if it was just happenstance or how it finally played out. But granddaughter E-8 could be our next big Broadway star. Belt it out kid. None the less, during a recent visit from granddaughter E-8 and going on 20; our next-door neighbor gladly loaned us her Rogers and Hammerstein DVD collection ofContinue reading “This kid might have the right stuff.”

On my soapbox.

Here is the chance for churches to redeem themselves. Evangelicals could extend their stance on “Pro-life.” They could extend their Pro-life beyond birth. Yes, beyond birth. As it is now almost all church people generally lose interest in the young single mother and her new born immediately after the child is born. Leaving single momsContinue reading “On my soapbox.”

Gee whiz I wished I had kept it.

Yes, I loved my 1958 Volkswagen Beetle. I bought it off a used car lot in Inglewood California back in 1968 for about $300. Just basic transportation to and from school. The Volkswagen featured an air-cooled rear engine and the most manual auto of its time. Roll-down windows, four speed stick shift, small oval rearContinue reading “Gee whiz I wished I had kept it.”