About Me
Retired middle school teacher (science). Just a boring old fuddy duddy. If you read my blogs, you'll get to know me. I love Brussel sprouts--that should tell you something.Recent Entries
Moving over
To all my devoted readers, I'm officially posting blogs over to greasy. I can't keep up with both sites. I'll check in here every now and then, but do... read more
The Sadness of Racism
It's not going to go away anytime soon. Racism wil be a part of American's psychic for many years to come--actually, probably forever. How sad and tra... read more
Today's headlines
After reading today's newspaper, I couldn't help but think "blog material". First there was the headline about gas prices. They are simply outrageous!... read more
My Tallgrass Prairie
I just finished a book about the prairie grasslands of the United States (nonfiction). My home here in Indiana is the eastern boundary of these grassl... read more
First Class
I posted a similar blog somewhere else, but my conscience is telling me to repeat it here. I just read that we're approaching 4000 American soldiers k... read more
On Sharing Housecleaning
I read in this morning's newspaper that while married men have improved, they're still not up to snuff on sharing housecleaning duties with their bett... read more
Early morning surprise!
So I'm standing over the kitchen sink this morning, washing my cereal bowl, when I hear a loud rap on my front door. I see no cars in the drivew... read more
In like a lion
Finally. March! It's warmer today, but quite windy. We just ended basketball sectionals with no major storms this year. Because we have had some bruta... read more
Downtown
My "hometown" (from age 12 to now), population 16 thousand, has a downtown fairly typical of midwestern communities. It has it's courthouse sq... read more
Now a message from Andy Griffith
One of the great TV shows--Andy Griffith. There's usually a message or moral to be had. On yesterday's rerun, Barney bought a box of Count Ist van Te... read more
