Bloggles

Let’s talk about Texas. Not how you think I might. Though I surely could. Well. Give me a minute. Let’s see. Texas is the second-largest state by area in the United States. (Alaska is the first.) There are 268,596.46 square miles down there, which leaves a whole lot of room for crazy, if you ask […]

Now here’s a guy. Richie Ashburn. He was born in Tilden, Nebraska, in 1927. For all the reasons that life happens the way it does, he stuck around for 70 years, leaving the earth in 1997. Heart attack. Most people know him or don’t, because he played outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies. He went on

I’m always a little interested in the day people were born. First and foremost, it is a joyous celebration to honor the day we first plopped onto the Earth. Happy Birthday, Earthling. The other thing is my minor interest in the Zodiac. Not so much the daily horoscope thing, as those rarely amount to anything.

I can remember getting our first one when I was fairly young. A microwave oven. My Dad was a design engineer at Frigidaire, and he worked on developments in refrigeration. We got a new refrigerator every couple of years, and we always changed the color. Of course, then, we had to paint the kitchen to

The things we count on. We often take them for granted, thinking they will happen, no matter what. Most of the time, they do. But every so often, there is a dip in the road, and the whole cart spills over. I just read an article this morning stating that there is about a 1%

Something a little different today, a look at some of the headlines from USA Today. I noticed the wide variety of topics. For a change, I thought I would share a few thoughts on each one. First, and most notably, is my second sentence — “I noticed a wide variety of topics.” This is something

September is upon us, which means Fall is near. Yes, the Autumn Equinox for 2021 in our Northern Hemisphere will be at 3:20 PM on Wednesday, September 22. Have a nice trip. See you next fall. Autumn is a time when the plants and trees either die or go into hiding. Things shrivel up and

I used to run. Every day. At the height of my running, I was doing about six miles each morning. This was when we lived in Charleston, South Carolina. I’ve run in different stints my entire adult life. Anyway, during this, my brother was visiting from Seattle. I mentioned how it was very difficult every