It’s almost like Collateral Damage. It would be like being shot at in the back by your own backup soldiers. Wait! Wait! The enemy is out there. Don’t shoot me and my frontline soldiers. Point your guns at the enemy. And the enemy is Covid-19 and its variants. What I am speaking of are peopleContinue reading “Please, this is not Civil War.”
Author Archives: OkieMan
Book Report.
This is a book that must be heard on audio book. The reason is clear. It is read by Tom Hanks who is a gifted reader and actor. The title is “The Dutch House,” by Ann Patchett; fiction 2019. The father buys for the family a gorgeous opulent home to live in known as theContinue reading “Book Report.”
On the fly.
Sheba, my secret spouse in witness protection, had the brilliant idea to leave the front door open during a power outage last night. Certainly with the hopes of cooling down the house while the air conditioner was not working. However, while with an open-door policy, in came a sortie of buzzing flies. Buzzing, dive bombing,Continue reading “On the fly.”
Celebrating Independence.
And the independence I am speaking of is registering as an independent voter back in 2017. For almost forty years I was a Republican. But as I was moving forward my Republican Party comrades took a hard right turn leaving me in the middle of the road. Starting with the Reagan administration. The anti-government andContinue reading “Celebrating Independence.”
I just watched my dad with amazement.
This is what fathers are for. Many many years ago my brother, my dad, and me were all squatting on the garage floor with an old 1937 Ford engine taken apart. Parts were all over the floor and upon the work bench. Piston rings, pistons, rods, gaskets, engine heads, oil pans, etc. Parts on anyContinue reading “I just watched my dad with amazement.”
I am most serious. My party left me.
I have come to the sad conclusion that Republicans do not want you and me to have any social benefits. Sadness from me because I once was a long-time Republican. Republicans now would like to shut down my Social Security and Medicare. Social benefits I have paid in to. This is not a giveaway programContinue reading “I am most serious. My party left me.”
Why did we leave there?
What we had left behind after moving from Los Alamos New Mexico to Oklahoma. Was the absolute driest, cleanest, freshest air on the planet. Almost intoxicating. Something like drinking pure sweet well water. Ah-h-h. So refreshing. Plus I had not perspired much in the three and a half years we lived in Los Alamos andContinue reading “Why did we leave there?”
Prehistoric Television.
It was our first TV from the early 1950s. A Sears Silvertone 12-inch black and white Television. It was, what they called, a ‘table top’ model. The picture tube was fitted in a two-foot square by two foot deep mahogany box sitting atop a wooden box frame with skinny mahogany wood legs. This television hadContinue reading “Prehistoric Television.”
Peter Pan doesn’t live here.
Sheba, my anonymous and selfieless spouse and I have just returned from a week’s trip to the Land of Enchantment. And I’m not talking about we flew away with Peter Pan. The Land of Enchantment as some of you well know is the slogan New Mexico uses as their chamber of commerce logo. Therefore aContinue reading “Peter Pan doesn’t live here.”
Pickleball relish
Just to mention it triggers embarrassment and a need to exit the room. So this is what can easily cause my flush face and a need to run. Sheba, my phantom no-name spouse plays Pickleball. Yes, you correctly heard what I said. Pickleball. Don’t ask how the name came about. Just trust me it’s calledContinue reading “Pickleball relish”
Chuck the Blogger Guy 