Monthly Archives: July 2023

A few days ago I mentioned that I had used an idiom — “you got your ears lowered” — when a friend of mine had gotten a haircut. Well, of course, that got me to thinking…. a lot of expressions … Continue reading →

I’ve blogged about this several times before, but it’s the anniversary of one of the biggest events that has ever occurred during the month of July….I won’t go into the details again, but on May 25, 1961, President John F. … Continue reading →

I just happened to notice that yesterday was Nelson Mandela’s birthday. He was the son of a Tembu tribal chieftain and was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa. He became a lawyer and joined the African National Congress … Continue reading →

I saw a friend at church recently and said, “Hey, you got your ears lowered.” He looked at me like I had three heads and said he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. When I was growing … Continue reading →

I’ve always been a big fan of trains. My first trip (outside of Maysville or the surrounding towns) was by train. May dad had to go to Okmulgee on business and he took my mom and me along as a … Continue reading →

Back on July 14th, we talked about Bastille Day in France and how the storming of the Bastille kind of kicked off the French Revolution. And we mentioned that the Bastille was built during the Hundred Years’ War to help … Continue reading →

I’ve often heard that there is a difference between being smart and being wise. Well, since the weather’s hot and and I’ve already cut the grass this week, I thought I’d just exercise my brain in the air conditioning and … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, this blog was about the guillotine that came into prominence during the French Revolution. Today is July 14th, and a day for celebration. Why do we celebrate a good beheading or an angry mob? Back on … Continue reading →

Yesterday when I was doing some checking on the validity of something I saw on Facebook, I ran across some interesting facts about both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Both men had a lot of similarities — and … Continue reading →

Maybe I’m just getting old, but the Internet (and even the local and national news) seems to be full of “factual” accounts and stories that are in fact, not true. This morning, I did something that I almost never do … Continue reading →