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It's been hot the last week or so and everyone is getting a little tired of the ongoing heat. Fewer people are out walking and, for sure, there are fewer dogs out for their daily runs. We really haven't had…

I was casually checking the feed on Facebook last evening and noticed a post announcing the passing of my cousin Yvonne at 5:32 pm last evening in Hattiesburg, MS. I knew that she had suffered from and survived several bouts…

When I was a little kid, I enjoyed reading. Things such as the Tom Swift series and some of the Sherlock Holmes stuff. I really loved reading and when I was in fourth grade, I was reading many grades ahead…

Tomorrow is nine weeks since I ruptured my right quad tendon and Wednesday will be 8 weeks since the surgery to fix it. I had no idea how much effort it would take to even begin to get back to…

If you have been following my posts for any length of time, you know that Janet and I love the Greenbrier Resort and, more generally, the state of West Virginia. I first stopped in the state more than 40 years…