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January 2011

January 03, 2011

Blackbirds, Doomsayers & Hexes

Did you notice how 2011 arrived like a scene out of a Hitchcock flick? Out...

January 02, 2011

Gardening Tips for Life

January was always the time when my buddy Gordon would pass the morning with a...

December 2010

December 31, 2010

A New Year's Wish: More of the Ordinary

Aunt Cil with Mama's dog Sheba. Back in the mountains where my people are from...

December 30, 2010

Miz Grumblebutt

I had my hair done on Wednesday. I've been going to the same stylist for...

December 29, 2010

Are we losing our fanciful side?

On Tuesday I drove down to Portland to meet a friend for coffee. One coffee...

December 27, 2010

Pastor Smitty: The rare gift

At Rose Hill Baptist with Pastor Smitty & Miz Betty. I come from a diverse...

December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas Y'all

December 23, 2010

My recommended shopping list

My phone has been ringing off the hook lately. It's the same folks calling everyday....

December 21, 2010

Angels among us

The Redhead's daughter finished her first term of college. To celebrate, we met in Bend...

December 20, 2010

Duke: Lousiest Shot South of Mason-Dixon

  Despair propelled Clay Duke, the gunman who went on a shooting rampage in Panama...

December 19, 2010

A bit of Sugar & Spice

We have received several inches of snow around these parts over the past two days....

December 17, 2010

We aren't the only ones…

In a display of how far Christmas has veered off course from the babe in...

December 16, 2010

Drumroll: The Winner is…

  While it's true I am in Spokane and there is snow on the ground...

December 14, 2010

Grinchalert

  Editor's note: A glimpse of the $130 million building project planned by the good folks...

December 13, 2010

Gossip: The Opiate of the Oppressed

The silence has been purposeful as I have contemplated the best way to put into...

December 09, 2010

Redneck Lesson of the Day

December 08, 2010

Hillbilly Language Lesson

Hogback: A mountain ridge that slopes sharply on each side and often has jutting rocks,...

December 07, 2010

Leaking Jesus

Some people live lives which appear so much bigger after they die. You know the sort...

December 05, 2010

Trip with Tay

I won't be at church in the morning. Instead I'll be heading over the pass....

December 02, 2010

Hitch & Blair: The Debate

That beloved atheist Hitch is at it again. Perhaps you heard? He and Former British...

December 02, 2010

Hillbilly Language Lesson

Go to grass: verb phrase. Friendly euphemism for go to hell. Example: "You can go...

December 01, 2010

Sweet Home Alabama

  Christ United Methodist Church Womens Conference, Feb. 12, 2011. Creative people thrill me. So...

December 01, 2010

Hillbilly Language Lessons

Scarify: verb. To drain blood by making cuts or scratches, a treatment designed to relieve...

December 01, 2010

The Justice Conference: Don't Miss It

By David Jacobsen A farmer works the ground with primitive tools from sunup to sundown,...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

This how you do me, God?

By now I suspect you have all heard the story about wide receiver Steve Johnson...

November 30, 2010

Hillbilly Term of the Day

    British Soldier: noun. A lichen that blooms bright red in early spring when...

November 29, 2010

S*&t My Daughter says

Yesterday my daughter Ashley and her husband Zack dropped by the house on their way...

November 29, 2010

Language Lessons

I've been at work on a novel. If all goes according to my plan that novel will...

November 28, 2010

White Silence

November 25, 2010

A gift from RM's Daddy

Sister Tater and I sat down this morning and watched THIS and wept at the...

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