Fat in Indiana

We were dressed and ready to go out for a dinner & theatre that evening we turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, co...

Monday, Monday, Monday!   Oh. Tuesday. Never mind. Here I was all set to offer up some enthusiasm for a new week, but it just rings hollow w...

A wife comes home late one night, arriving early from being out of town and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket s...

It looks to be a great day here in God's country. Temperatures are in the low 70s as I type and humidity levels remain low for July. I...

4:17. Aye em. Sigh. I slipped on the khaki shorts and the green  Columbia T-shirt I wore yesterday. I pulled the bedroom door closed softly ...

I spent a good chunk of yesterday doing yard work. I am a little stiff this morning. I had a 'mater from my garden for breakfast this ...

The digital clock ticked to 4:38 and I rolled out of bed. Sigh. It is OK, I'll nap this afternoon. Speaking off clocks, a friend of ou...

Little Jenny walked into the kitchen one day and looked up at her mother, who was busy cooking dinner. “Mommy, how old are you?” she a...

The French were outnumbered on the day of the battle. Napoleon used that to his advantage. He occupied the heights of Pratzen and his righ...

A man wakes up in the hospital, bandaged from head to foot. The doctor comes in and says, “Ah, I see you’ve regained consciousness. Now, yo...

In the background Otis is on the dock wasting time. I'm leaning back in my desk chair, feet propped on the corner of the desk. My ancien...

I moseyed out to the little garden to give the plants a big drink before the heat really cranks up this morning. I brought in one little tom...

It is hot. I bet it is at your house too. I'm babysitting later today. As in the grand baby. The wife is taking our granddaughter to t...

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A manager of a failing branch of one company has to lay off one of his top paid employees to cut cost. As he is analyzing the recent annual...

From my daughters back porch  I have enough sunset pics to make it a regular feature. I dig sunset and sunrise

Barry is stopping by for a few days to leave a little wet spot on the streets and rapidly-browning front yards. It is OK, despite the very w...

The granddaughter arrived this morning in ao great mood. At her insistence we moseyed out to look at her garden. We picked the second ripe t...

I will have the house to myself today.  The wife is heading off with our daughter and grandkids to have lunch with the female side of the wi...

It looks to be a great summer day here in central Indiana. Hot, not as humid as a few days ago. I might have mentioned we converted my off...