Category: Random Thoughts

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 …

A couple of years ago, I accidently wore my shirt inside out when I walked across the street to meet our new neighbors.  They invited me in for a beer, and when I got home, Ruth asked, “Did you wear your shirt like that while you were out?”  I had.  I ended up writing a …

Four retired men are walking down a street in Yuma , Arizona . They turn a corner and see a sign that says, “Old Timers Bar – ALL drinks 10 cents.” They look at each other and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.  The bartender says in a voice that …

My history books said that Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call on his new invention in 1876.  That call changed the world.   Communication expanded, and each day the world  gets smaller and smaller.  Communication, whether the information we receive each day is true or not, changes lives. The telephone is not the …