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3/24/24

By pwsadmin / March 24, 2024 / Comments Off

I woke up with some Muscle Aches this morning.The time was 3:35 in the A.M.The Aches were my body’s way of telling me that I had officially slept in my Recliner for too long—about Five Days too long, to be exact.I feel much better than I did on previous days, which is good. I got…

3/18/2024

By pwsadmin / March 19, 2024 / Comments Off

I’m at our local “General Store.” It’s a “Mom and Pop” store that’s been around for Fifty Years.I purchase two Diet Cokes. The Cashier and I chit-chat as I pay with my Debit Card. —We all chit-chat around here. Because of the Chit-Chatting, I really didn’t pay attention to the debit card reader. I just…

2/29/2024 – Update

By pwsadmin / February 29, 2024 / Comments Off

Someone “Teased” us with Spring-Like Weather over the past few days. Whoever the “tease” was, then laughed a maniacal laugh, flipped the switch to the A/C back to “On,” shouted, “Just Kiddin’,” and shut the door on us all. It’s not that cold, either. But the body doesn’t like going from 70 to 45 degrees…

Birthday Lunch

By pwsadmin / February 26, 2024 / Comments Off

It was a Beautiful, Spring-Like Day this Sunday, February the Twenty-Fifth. On the Calendar for today was a Birthday Lunch for my Friend “Lou.” He, his Family, and I were meeting in my Hometown of Fultondale at “Full Moon BBQ.” Fultondale is about Twenty minutes from where I now live. Since I was going to…

The Weinermobile

By pwsadmin / February 18, 2024 / Comments Off

I couldn’t believe it. There it was. I was in Awe. I was at Wal-Mart in Gardendale, Alabama, shopping.My Uncle had reminded me that it was time to start my Garden.I start by planting the seeds in pods and growing them indoors. Then, it’s Spring by the time they get ready to be planted outside…

Valentine’s 2024

By pwsadmin / February 16, 2024 / Comments Off

On the 14th of February, I visited my local “Dollar General.”If you’ve kept up with my journals, you’ve probably figured out that I am a loyal customer at the local “DG.” I’ve written many stories about the Place.They all know me there and have always been great to me. I walk in and head to…

Scott Richards

By pwsadmin / February 16, 2024 / Comments Off

Here in the South, we Love and Cherish our Local News Anchors.It may be the same where you live.We feel that they are one of us. On our side. Our Neighbor. Our Friend. Our Family. One of our Local News Anchors passed away today.From childhood until his retirement in 2014, “Scott Richards” of WBRC 6…

Happy Valentines Day

By pwsadmin / February 15, 2024 / Comments Off

—Your Secret Admirer— I tell this story each Valentine’s Day.If you’ve been rejected, you’re not alone.Please note, though, that all Names have been changed. …To protect me. Many years ago, when I was young and in elementary school, each Valentine’s Day, students would bring Valentine’s Day cards for every other student in the classroom.So, if…

The Reunion

By pwsadmin / February 13, 2024 / Comments Off

My Childhood friend, “Lou,” called me the other day to tell me about a Class Reunion—a thirty-year class reunion—and he asked if I wanted to go. I reminded him that my Senior Year was not spent at Fultondale, and I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to go. “Lou,” being the kind, caring friend that…

Home Going

By pwsadmin / February 4, 2024 / Comments Off

I took a deep breath and took my hat off before walking inside the Church.I knew it would be hard seeing her in the Casket.She was born in ’60. Just fifteen years older than me. The Ushers opened the door to the Chapel and welcomed me in.“Family to the left and friends to the right,”…