$10,000 tip

An acquaintance of mine who is doing some work for me did me a big favor and after I heartily thanked him, he said he wanted a $10,000 tip with a laughing emoji ending his text. I laughed and wrote him back and told him nice try and questioned if he had lost his...

Firing blanks, and fighting buckets

I went pheasant hunting in Iowa one time and we had a great time. Prior to taking to the fields and our first hunt, we decided to shoot some clay targets to warm up. One of my friends owned the farm and recounted a hilarious story about a guy that went hunting with...

The end is the beginning

A friend admonished me for speaking favorably of death the other day. I didn’t realize that I spoke favorably of it, I don’t think of it in that way. I’m sorry if I misled anyone. I’ve had numerous operations in my life, some came with a very...

Look up and wonder

I went outside this morning at 3:00 a.m. and billions of stars could be seen like powdered sugar sprinkling a beignet. It was a welcome relief to see after the last couple of weeks of overcast and fog. As in most cases when I look to the heavens at night, I thought of...

What a way to go

I was reading about the death of a policeman, Curtis Worland, who lived in Nome Alaska who was attacked and killed by a musk ox that he was trying to shoo away from his dog kennel. The big news in Mississippi was the death of the Miss. State football coach, Mike...