Family
The day started with Mom, Papa, and I calling my Uncle to Sing Happy Birthday to him over the Phone.I think he’s Thirty Years Old now.That’s not bad for a man who worked over Thirty-Five Years before Retiring.And he still keeps a side job. We then cooked Oatmeal. Quaker Oatmeal. The kind you have to…
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Tonight I’ve been thinking about all the times I’ve been in the Hospital.Actually, I’m wondering how many times I’ve been Hospitalized. I’ve been in the O.R. over thirty times.Some years I got Hospitalized four times a year. Some years just twice.Then, I go a stretch of a few years without going to the Hospital. During…
Read MoreGod put a lot of food on this earth for us to eat, and I do my best trying as much of it as possible.As long as a particular food won’t interfere too much with my Diabetes or my Spina Bifida, I’ll try it. I usually find that I like it, too. You’re asking yourself,…
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—Last Stop——Ground Zero Blues Club— After seeing the Grave of Blues Legend “Robert Johnson,” going to “The Crossroads,” and learning more about “The Blues” than I ever knew, it was time to listen to some Blues. Real Blues. “Ground Zero,” located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is known World-Wide for its Blues Music.Ground Zero is Owned by…
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—Stop #3——Abes BBQ— My day had started at 5 am.We had driven over Four Hours and visited the Grave of Blues Legend “Robert Johnson” in Greenwood, Mississippi, and were now at “The Crossroads” in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and I was hungry for lunch. Abraham “Abe” Davis started his first business, “The Bungalow-Inn,” in 1924, where his…
Read MoreAnother successful Thanksgiving. Guess what? We didn’t eat my Pecan Pies!We just realized it. We thought we did, but we didn’t. See, it turns out that someone else also brought two Pecan Pies, and we all ate those thinking they were the ones I made.Including me. Tonight, after most everyone had left, we found my…
Read More—Thanksgiving Eve 2022— For this Thanksgiving, 2022, I’ve Baked two Pecan Pies.I’m usually the “Ice and Cups” bringer. Not this year, though. Every man should know how to make at least one pie, and the one I learned to make is Pecan. I’ve got the recipe perfected, too. —Listen at me bragging…— But, if you…
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