The Day Darrell Fell Through A Hole In The Deck

HIS LAST WORDS BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND WERE _________________________! Saturday was just a typical quiet midsummer weekend day at our house—I should say MY house, because it’s been all mine for more than a week as Lillian traveled to the west coast with her friend Christine. I picked raspberries in the morning, stopped at … Continue reading The Day Darrell Fell Through A Hole In The Deck

If You Live Long Enough, Good Things Can Happen

I’m going to take a little time out today from politics and saving the Bad Lands to get a little personal. A good thing has happened for me this summer, a reunion with an old pal, and I’m feeling pretty happy about it. So I’ll tell you the story. Those of you who know me … Continue reading If You Live Long Enough, Good Things Can Happen

“Peaches Help You Poop”

On my first trip to the grocery store, or to anywhere besides the recliner in my living room, after a ten-day hospital stay and ten days of home confinement for treatment of a badly infected leg, I bought four peaches. California peaches, it said on the little label, not Georgia or Washington, the ones we … Continue reading “Peaches Help You Poop”