When my dad lived on Earth, he enjoyed telling family and friends about his grandfather Morton. That would be my great grandfather. I never met him, but I have a picture of the man with his immediate family. I can see the resemblance between my great grandfather and my brother Rick. These two guys were tall and lean. Well, my bro wasn’t so lean in the picture below, but his weight would come and go. Mine comes and stays. During his thinner times, Rick resembled our great grandfather to a greater extent.            The Morton Family.  Seated ..read more

I've mentioned my cooking disasters in past blogs. I'm just not good around stoves, and recipes never turn out correctly. I burn food. But I've never burned money. Not yet anyway. I have a friend, and to protect the innocent, I'll call her Daisy. Daisy's husband owns a business. I'll call him Dylan. After closing the store for the night, Dylan brought home a bank sack full of cash.  Without thinking, he pitched the bag full of paper money into the oven. Well, don't ya' know, the wife, Daisy, came along and turned on the oven to preheat to 500 degrees. She left the kitchen while the ov ..read more

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Several years ago, I decided to make a red cake for my hubby for Valentine's Day. The cake was a disaster, and it literally fell apart. The thing collapsed from the pan in chunks. Being the inventive person that I am, I created a parfait. I broke the cake into bite-sized pieces and layered them with whipped cream. I placed the entire mess into a fluted glass and garnished the top with Strawberries.  I think the treat turned out better than a big cake. I dolled it up with a card and chocolates. Hubby loved it, and I didn't tell him how it came to be. So let's keep that our secret. I made ..read more

  God created the first man. Then, He decided Adam needed a sidekick, so God fashioned the first woman. God administered the first anesthetic and performed the first surgery. And there she was. Adam looked at his new wife and said, “Wow! You’re my bony.”  Of course, he meant she was a bone from his side.  On the other hand, women these days want to be bony, so if a hubby makes this statement to a wife, she might take it as a compliment. However, if a man says, “Wifey, you are a bone in my flesh.” Oops! That’s a different intonation. And that would probably be the last th ..read more

  Have you visited a nudist camp? Lived in one? No? Me either. Yes? What did you think? Did you undress and become part of the society? I would find it awkward and embarrassing to visit one. And no way would I take off my clothes.  I’d wear layers of garments, a large sombrero, and dark sunglasses. I’d also get out of there ASAP. Adam and Eve lived in the first nudist camp. Well, actually it was a beautiful garden, but they were both naked and weren’t ashamed by this lack of covering. They were happy with their condition. Eve had no laundry to do. No ironing. No shopping for new app ..read more

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    During the pandemic, the average weight gain for Americans was fifteen pounds. Whoa Nellie! That’s a lot in a short period of time. The Bible doesn’t talk much about one’s poundage, but Dr. Luke in the New Testament talks about a guy names Zacchaeus. Luke describes him as a short man who climbed a sycamore-fig tree so he could see Jesus. (Luke 19). In Matthew, chapter 6, Jesus tells us not to worry about what we will eat, drink or wear. However, in this passage, Jesus isn’t giving a diet for food. He’s telling us not to worry. People did a lot of walking back in Jesus' day. It ..read more

  https://pixabay.com/images/search/reading%20to%20a%20child/ Have you shopped for any books for your kids lately?  I stopped at the General Dollar store today. “It will be a quick shopping trip,” or so I thought to myself. I found no children’s books anywhere in stock.  I asked the cashier about them. “No, we don’t carry them at this store.” Odd, right?  They once did.  And it is Christmas, so why wouldn’t there be plenty around? “Oh well,” I thought, “The CVS will have them. I’ll pick some up there.” Would you believe it? No books on shelves, either. The cashier ha ..read more

 My Tree Would you prefer Thanksgiving to come earlier than the third Thursday in November?  If it did, we would have more time for Christmas! Retailers would love it. Extra weeks to sell their goodies, and extra hours for us to shop. Citizens would have added weeks to decorate and appreciate homes. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried a switcheroo. The depression was harsh on the country’s economy, so, FDR wanted to increase retail sales. In 1941, he suggested additional days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, however, Congress insisted on making the fourth Thursday in Nov ..read more