Just Between You and Me and the Fencepost

Just Between You and Me and the Fencepost

Pour a cup of your favorite brew, sit down at your computer, and let’s chat about a few things. This is just between you and me and the fencepost, so I don’t expect to make any profound statements or start an argument, I’m just saying this is how I see the world, from my viewpoint […]

Danger Stalks the Highway

Danger Stalks the Highway

With the next flash of lightning, I knew the car following us was not Drake’s. The silhouette was different. It was more square-topped with darkened windows. It appeared black in the eerie light. Something else seemed odd about the car. The windows looked recessed. But why would a car have recessed windows unless it was […]

Power-Packed, Indelible, Unforgettable Words

Power-Packed, Indelible, Unforgettable Words

  I shot an arrow into the air; it fell to earth, I know not where. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Amazing, isn’t it? Words last long after we’ve spoken or written them. They remain in our memories, they stubbornly refuse to be erased from pages. They echo down the chambers of time. Family stories are […]

A Light in the Wastebasket

A Light in the Wastebasket

Yesterday, we discussed real life mysteries. This morning, I’m reprinting the short-lived mystery from last February 4. A funny outcome. Yesterday, something happened that has never happened before, in all my twenty-one years– a real-life, short-lived mystery. It was still dark when I got up. The first order of business is to start the coffee […]

Are There Explanations for These Strange Mysteries?

Are There Explanations for These Strange Mysteries?

Life has many mysteries as puzzling as fictional ones, happenings that have never been explained. These intrigue me. Amelia Earhart’s disappearance is one of those mysteries. I read a news story that may explain what happened to this daring pilot. And then again, it may not. In 1937, she was attempting to fly around the globe with […]

The Inside Scoop from an Expert

The Inside Scoop from an Expert

You may think that groundhogs merely predict the weather. Here’s the inside scoop–they don’t predict, they control the weather. You know why? The answer may astound you. Probably every area has a groundhog. We all know about the famous Punxsutawney Phil. Being born and raised in Oklahoma, all I know about are Okie groundhogs and […]