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Junk Competition, Trojan Labradors and Black Cows with Orange Spots

Junk Competition, Trojan Labradors and Black Cows with Orange Spots

I am working on a way to clean up some of my collection of old trucks.  I just discovered it is possible to surrender the title of…

Universities, Reunions and Misplaced Niches

Universities, Reunions and Misplaced Niches

I just received a notice from a place that calls itself Longwood University inviting me to attend a reunion for alumni. I am almost positive I have…

Leakage, Shopping and Lost in WalMart

Leakage, Shopping and Lost in WalMart

Spending time with the grandbrats these past few weeks as we have helped them choose their Christmas presents for each other and then spill the beans as…

Jobs, Cars, and Rotten Eggs

Jobs, Cars, and Rotten Eggs

I was accused by an angry reader of never having a job and of letting Management support me. If she wants to support me and keep me…

Santa, Christmas Gifts and Batteries

Santa, Christmas Gifts and Batteries

This Classic Rural Legends was first run on December 22, 2005  Merry Christmas and Thank You to my readers.  Without all four of you, I’d have to get…

Bull Writing, Bull Riding and Heifers Dancing

Bull Writing, Bull Riding and Heifers Dancing

This weekend my bride Management informed me we were going to a Bull Writing competition. Since that is what I do here, and especially since my usual…

Books, Outhouses and Austin’s Statious

Books, Outhouses and Austin’s Statious

Two of my readers stopped by to let us know this column was black and unreadable in last week’s paper. This is a major concern. Was it…

Projects, projects and lapses in my synapses

Projects, projects and lapses in my synapses

I was recently informed that I do not think like most people. This is untrue. My brain receives signals to which it responds just like everyone else.…

Auction Purchases, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Auction Purchases, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I have spent the last few days wondering whether my dishwasher is dying. It has been a very loud dishwasher ever since I got it, but it…

Tweeners, College and the Empty Nest

Tweeners, College and the Empty Nest

Both of my children are showing signs of reaching the end of Tweenerhood.  Tweeners are children in that awkward stage between early teenage and human.   My…