Category: BigDangDeal

There are a bunch of two-bit zookeepers roaming around in an ancient temple, carrying big torches, and wearing their finest Zoo Hats. It started last Tuesday. During break. They gathered, as they always do, pulling chairs around the big wooden

There are those moments in life when you realize that you’ve eaten too much cake, and there is no going back now. You forge ahead. Moments later the sugar shock sets in, and you wish you were a goldfish, in

I’ve been bouncing around about what to write tonight. But dang it, all day long, my mind keeps drifting back to the bologna sandwich. So I may as well give in. Isn’t it funny, how things call to our minds?

I used to smoke, once upon a time. A lot. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I’d fire up and smoke like a chimney. And then I would throw my butts on the ground. Shame on me. But I will get back

Today is my Mom’s Birthday. She was born in the year 1923. Her grand human entrance happened on a Saturday, in a modest home on Bolander Avenue in Dayton, Ohio. The Doctor came to that house on Bolander, and instructed

  The old OK Corral. When I was but a wee one, my sister and I used to pretend we were having the epic shoot-out at the OK Corral. We must have seen it in a movie, or read it

There is something about a puppy, I’ll tell you. Really something. In fact, they are amazing and sweet and wonderful …. and no trouble at all …. as long as they are sleeping. Lew. Lou. Lewey. Louis. The names are

That old turnip. You simply cannot draw blood from the thing. Or, in lighter terms. When Mr. & Mrs. Coat had a baby, the doctor turned to them and said…. “Well, it’s a wrap.” And that is what I think

I was certain. Absolutely certain. That I was going to be the first “girl” player on the Cincinnati Reds. There was no question. That would be my destiny. I told people about this. I was seven. Of course, I never

It has been quite some time since I’ve last written here. Wouldn’t you know? And a great deal has happened. The earth has spun completely around on its axis seven times. And this big blue ball has seen hurricanes, flooding,