Author Archives: Jimmy

We live in an area with a lot of mountains and the roads are mostly two-lanes and have a lot of curves. As you might expect, a lot of the speed limits in our area are less than 55 mph. … Continue reading →

If you’re not good at Roman Numerals, the title of this blog is the 9th of May, 1976 — the day our baby daughter was born. It was a Sunday, in fact it was Mother’s Day.  If we had saved … Continue reading →

Today is Mother’s Day — a day that gives people a special opportunity to show their gratitude to the moms, grandmas, stepmoms, aunts, and other maternal figures in their lives. Mother’s Day is always the second Sunday in May — … Continue reading →

Well, we made it!! The big five-O — If you were at this space last year at this time, you know that I was bemoaning the fact that we’d been married for 49 years and that, according to the experts, … Continue reading →

So today is the day you should probably just avoid all the Mexican restaurants — it’s Cinco de Mayo Day. We avoid restaurants on Valentine’s Day because they’e always packed, and we do the same for Mexican restaurants on Cinco … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you but, at this point in time, I’m getting tired of hearing about the Presidential election being “stolen.” A lot of things are believed because they are obviously, or demonstrably true. But some things are believed … Continue reading →

It’s funny how the riddles and jokes we thought was so funny as a kid are still just as funny to our kids, and grandkids. Emily asked “what’s black and white and red all over?” on one of her recent … Continue reading →

I’m getting really tired of reading, and hearing, about the arguments in Congress. It sure seems as if all of the disagreements are based on “what’s best for me, or my party, the country be damned.”  You’ve probably gathered from … Continue reading →

A while back, I mentioned here that I enjoyed playing games with our grandkids. Most of the card games we play use unique decks for a particular game, like Uno, Crazy 8, etc. But sometimes we play card games using … Continue reading →

I was given some golf balls last year — I never got around to opening the bag they were in before the weather got cold. A couple of days ago, in anticipation of good golfing weather, I decided to put … Continue reading →