A Dreaded Experience! When I turn on the television I can see clearly that the war with C19 is on...

First Date?  First Date? I mean a ‘real’ date! Oh, we all had those little ‘pretend dates’ where parents set...

Board Games I wasn’t very old when I saw my first game of checkers being played by some men that...

Outside Games We Played In my professional career I have had to attend many leadership seminars which almost always included...

After Dinner, Family Time Favorite memories of growing up years were of those very special quiet times when our family,...

Refocusing in Old Age Back in Louisa, when I was but a young child, my focus was on playing, eating,...

Floods, Events There is a common saying that was based on the Bible that goes like, “Good Lord willing and...

Changes in the Kitchen When I first left Louisa and arrived in Virginia, one of the first things I did...

Yarns, tales, and other lessons Throughout my life I have loved listening to stories. It goes back to my childhood...

First Responders: Firemen, Emergency Medical Technicians My goodness things have changed! Back in my high school years my friends, including...

January It is January! To some folks this means winter is about over and the days are growing longer. Of...

James (Jimmy) Byron Young   Jimmy was a year younger than many of us in our gang and was not...

Winter’s Big Freeze One year I remember that we all felt the effects of the Polar low that pushed down...

Happy New Year! Maybe its old age, but I don’t recall much about New Year’s Eve celebrations before the advent...

Christmas Memories Memories of Christmas of the past are more about the excitement that built up to and defined this...

Christmas is Almost Here! (First a note of explanation: I sent an article in to Mark last Thursday, two days...

Christmas is Coming!    Black Friday may have come and gone, but the shopping season is just heating up! The...

Pulled Pork For some reason I got into the Christmas spirit while having a bite to eat at the Smokehouse....