Category: Random Thoughts

Some stories are best said with as few words as possible.  Here’s two such tales.      

This is a follow-up to last Thursday’s colonoscopy. After one sigmoidoscopy and four full blown colonoscopies in my seventy-four plus years, I’ve learned a lot.   Here’s a list of recommendations for you to consider prior to your next trip down $#!%  your pants lane. About a week prior to your procedure make sure the toilet …

I’m scheduled to get my next colonoscopy tomorrow.  I know this isn’t a medical forum, but I thought you might gain some insight from someone who’s currently in the fray.    When I was in my late twenties I had my first invasive procedure, a sigmoidoscopy.  That procedure requires slipping an approximately thirty inch “scope” …

Ruth hates bugs.  It doesn’t make any difference what kind.  If they crawl or fly, she hates them all.  I’ve seen her drown a single daddy longlegs with a can of spider spray.  Its legs scattered hither and yon from the powerful blast, and the little bulb of a body floated upon the excess pool …

When I was in elementary school, I had a dream that kept repeating itself.  I was walking to school and halfway down the block, when I looked down, I wasn’t wearing any pants.  I was running late so going back home wasn’t an option.  Arriving pantless was preferred to being tardy. In another version, I …

I played in a golf tournament this week called the “Outhouse Open”.  It was a nine-hole, five person scramble fielding ten teams.  It was the final major event in Canadian Lakes.  I’d played in other outings with unusual names. “The Hardly Open”,  “Unmasters”,  “Grunge Tour”,  and the “Birdshit Open” were among the most prestigious.  When …

Ruth and I spent the fourth of July week-end in Las Vegas.  We hadn’t been in almost two years, and we’ve gone as often as four times a year.  It was HOT.  It reached at least 100 degrees each day. We both like it there.  It’s a getaway from the real world, not that our …

I met my first Rose thirty years ago. She asked directions to the nearest store that would have a leaf blower. It was Saturday evening, so I directed her to the only place I knew would be open, Meijer in Jackson. Since that exchange, we’ve averaged one conversation per year, but that’s been plenty. For …

Rose is a perfectly good name, but I’ve found that it’s rare. I’ve known dozens of Lindas, Sues, Carols, Kathys and Dianes. In elementary school I met a Rosalie. We graduated from high school together. One of my college roommates, Gary, had a sister, Rosemary. I stood up with her in his wedding. In all …

Some of my blogs strike a cord with my readers.  Something I write stirs a memory.  Most are good, and its part of the reason I write.  If I can bring back a memory, perhaps one we’ve shared, and make you smile or laugh,  I’ve done my job.  My latest about “Valentine Candy” brought a …