Stories of the south

Book report. Author Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize winner for his bestselling book “All over but the shoutin’ has published a compilations of his writings taken from various columns and articles he had written for newspapers and magazines titled, “Where I come from: Stories from the Deep South.”  Where he came from varies between Alabama andContinue reading “Stories of the south”

Made-up on the fly.

  I have been nominated. Nominated and confirmed by granddaughter E-8.  Granddaughter E-8 thinks I concoct in my head the best bed time stories ever.  Her validation is like winning the Pulitzer Prize of bedtime narratives.  I feel honored and most humbled.  What other grandpa can do this?  Where else can you hear a storyContinue reading “Made-up on the fly.”

International Travel.

.I think I was about eleven or twelve years old when we made our first expedition into foreign worlds. The year was either 1955 or 1956 I think and President Eisenhower lived in the White House. The same man, by the way, who promoted and built the Interstate highway system, but that’s not the point.ItContinue reading “International Travel.”

The rich wants your money.

I have no sympathy for the very rich.For me the rich and famous hold no fantasy or curiosity. Movies, books, TV shows, People Magazine articles, and any other writings of the very rich interest me not. Jeff Bezos, the Walton family, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, or Jamie Dimon. Their riches came from either good luckContinue reading “The rich wants your money.”

Not a freeway but a payway.

The road most traveled. There is this road, a turnpike, between Stillwater and Tulsa.  About a sixty minute drive.  A drive filled with pits and potholes.  A road that would benefit from Biden’s infrastructure spending plan.  However the insulting thing is it is a Pay-as-you-go turnpike.  A driver has to feed the toll plaza threeContinue reading “Not a freeway but a payway.”

Murder mystery and humor.

Book report.This is a series of mystery murder books that I can only describe as danger with humor. Sort of ‘Murder-Lite. Never the less, the leading character is Andy Carpenter a “want-to-be” retired trial attorney living in Patterson, New Jersey with his wife, Lori a retired police officer, , and son Ricky along with twoContinue reading “Murder mystery and humor.”