Festivities abound across the country in celebration of the birth of the nation. Fireworks around here started before dusk...
Nature
the soundtrack of life is different
Living in a city -- even a smaller city like Seymour, IN -- nature looks, feels, and sounds drastically different than when...
what it feels like to hemorrhage money
The last two weeks have taken a toll on my cash flow. They say bad things come in threes and I've cycled through that at...
Perry will officially be work-homeless on 7/04/24
Perry's store's closing date has been a moving target for going on 4 years now. The company says it's closing for a rebuild...
farmers in the ville are celebrating today
We had over 2 inches of rainfall yesterday. Steady showers and storms caused the temp to go from around 90° to 69°. I know...
at first it sounded like firecrackers…
Perry and I were sitting outside yesterday late afternoon. We heard something that first sounded like firecrackers being...
a gorgeous day to soak in sun
It may be 4 days to summer but you'd never know it in my slice of world. A gorgeous day (even with an air quality alert) to...
train your dog to recognize weekends
Wouldn't it be great if you could train dogs to recognize weekends? I'm talking about the days that many humans have off...
practice retirement: overview of the early days
So many people I know are retiring. Of course, that's a sign that I'm old -- especially since some of them are younger than...