Author Archives: Jimmy

Memorial Day is approaching, and one event always held on Memorial Day weekend is the Indianapolis 500 race. There’s been some controversy about it being held that particular weekend because it takes away from the somber reason for the holiday, … Continue reading →

As you probably know, there are a number of days every year that celebrate wine — like Malbec Day, National Drink Wine Day, etc. And today is another one of those days. Not that we need an “official” reason to … Continue reading →

This is a particularly terrible day for all of us, especially the people in Uvalde, Texas. But apparently it’s just another ho-hum day for our leaders in Washington — although I’m sure they’ll offer their thoughts and prayers….I suppose every … Continue reading →

Most of my “complaints” on this blog are really more just “comments” on the state of things, but this is truly a complaint, directed to one particular company — FedEx. Yesterday, a package was scheduled to be delivered to our … Continue reading →

For the past seventeen years, the 22nd of May has been known as Anniversary Day around here.With an extended family as large as ours, it’s inevitable that any given day is likely to have more than one family event scheduled.On … Continue reading →

A few blogs back, the subject was the face cards of a deck of playing cards. That got me to thinking…. there is an old recitation “song” that was popular in the fields of both popular and country music when … Continue reading →

Some friends of ours live next to a property owned by the Willard family — of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. The other day while watching the news, there was a segment on lobbyists and the conversation got around … Continue reading →

This was dance weekend for us. Turns out that all our granddaughters are turning into dancing machines. Emily has been at it for a few years now, and Ellie and Rory just started fairly recently, but they seem to be … Continue reading →

A number of members of our family are convinced that a full Moon affects people’s behavior. I have to admit that over the years, I’ve witnessed some strange behaviors during full Moons — probably too many to be coincidental, so … Continue reading →

We had a discussion during our last “winter golf” session that always amazes me. A lot of people that I know are not aware that brooms (before plastic came along) were made from corn — specifically, broomcorn. (You can read … Continue reading →