Archive for Words
I remember
My great aunt Ivia had a small blackboard on her kitchen wall, she would write thoughts, quotes, etc. on the this little board. This one I remember well. “Not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.” Socrates
A boy, an’ his mule, an’ a book…
…. The debut of Mr. Oris George’s FIRST PUBLICATION. Well, okay, NOT his very first, but the first time his book has been available and it’s SO newly published that HE doesn’t even know yet (until he gets this email). In fact, it’s so new, that I forgot to tell everyone that this ebook is [...]
Coyote Moments – Oris is Killing Birds Again
Got an email announcing to the world that Oris hates birds, says I’m having a nightmare if I hear them squawking. Says the sun is shining brightly (he used an -ly word – he’s having a mind glitch) at his house this morning. If the coyotes are out, they’d best be checking on old Oris, [...]
Back Roads – Nostalgia for Today’s World
When Oris George first contacted me (Charger) about creating a website for his donkeys and mules, I was a bit taken back. I do high-tech stuff and this guy wants me to work with donkey poop and mule dung? I’m better than that, but then I visited with him a bit and we talked about [...]
There ain’t NO Free Hay…
It’s up in the morning and off to work… Life is good, working hard on my book. Y’wonder if today is the day you win… Y’re up in the morning to work again. The words in the mind, the paper is white… They spill out in a terrible fight. Hunger pangs and there ain’t no [...]
A skunk and a stump
Last night a skunk made his presence known in our yard. This morning I was thinking about skunks and I remembered this tongue twister was one my little brother had trouble with. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Awesome (the word)
Awesome is a word that seems to me is over used. Will someone explain to me why this word is so popular? I talked with six people to day and heard the word “awesome” eleven times .
