The Saturday after inauguration day Kat participated in her first act of political protest. She and 600 others paraded around the State Capitol of Mississippi. I had serious misgivings – we’re in the old south and the police (never mind the local rednecks), aren’t known for their tolerance of any kind of protest – but […]
Read MoreRetirement is not all easy money and cheap, superb, healthcare. Some of us don’t sleep so well. I have frequent bad dreams that for the most part have little to do with my life, actual or imaginary. Last night I woke up twice with dreams so real it was necessary to take walks around the […]
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Long, long ago in a dead town far, far away, three brothers grew up in a good place in the sticks. That would be Mooringsport, LA, stuck up there in the extreme northwest corner of that poor state. Mom taught school. Dad ran construction crews that built neighborhood shopping centers, small office buildings, doing an […]
Read MoreIn my ill-spent youth I had the great fortune to attend a consolidated high school whose football was abysmal, the basketball first rate, whose choir and marching band were both capable of turning sour milk into brie. Although playing the Sam or Will linebacker spot would have been my preference, I must admit to being […]
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I ran into old friend Jool last week. We were checking in on another old friend who is under the weather. She brought a few amusements for herself … librarians read, a lot, so she brought books. For me and the patient, she brought a puzzle called Scramble Squares. The game is a simple […]
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Long ago Kat and I worked in a busy French Quarter bar. We sold a lot of premium-priced bourbons. Jack Daniel’s was big, Crown Royal was the chart-topper (it’s actually a Canadian whiskey), but those were the choices of the poseurs and nouveau riche. The cognoscenti ordered Maker’s Mark. Maker’s distillery is in Loretto, KY, […]
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Now and then I wonder why I bother to write. There are so many who tell better tales, who assemble more descriptive or perceptive word combinations, and in general fly where I at my best ride a bicycle. Here is a much sunnier version of my post-election lament. HRC backers will enjoy this, and it […]
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