Not all of the forty plus years of marriage have been good. Actually, I am surprised we made it past the first year. We didn't fight about money and all the things that newlyweds typically fight about. We fought about furniture. And believe me we fought. Living in a second-floor apartment, we had furniture, not really nice furniture but we had places to sit, a table for meals and a bed (waterbed). Things should have been good. The problem arose when Elaine decided she di

This has been the driest winter and spring I have ever experienced since Elaine and I moved. It is scary dry. Elaine believes we have only four inches of snow the entire season. I’m not talking about four inches of moisture, I mean four inches of snow. That’s a far cry from the second weekend after we moved here and it snowed sixty inches in a day and a half. It was pretty exciting this past week when the television weatherpersons predicted moisture was coming. Not necess

I debated with myself whether I wanted to write this story. Its not a witty story. Most won’t think it is funny at all. But in the sick mind of a senior citizen I am amused by the events of last Friday. As a pre-kindergartener I had two special friends. A girl that lived down the street and a boy that lived up the street. By fate or the grace of God, I have maintained a relationship for all these years. I have both their phone numbers in my contact list on my phone. Int

I’m not going to tell a witty story today. It’s Easter Sunday and to tell the truth, the story of Easter is a better story than anything I could tell. I hope you get to share some time today with those special people that make you feel good. Easter is always a special day, treat it as such. Elaine andI will be spending the day with Gordon and Goose (the dogs). Our group of crazies will spread out today. One is in Nebraska, one will be setting people at their tables for E