Never Poke a Hornet’s Nest
Sound advice, isn’t it? When I was eight or nine years old, two of my cousins came to visit. They were brothers and four to five years older than I. Read More …
Category: DeKalb County Alabama Memories
Fishing: The One in a Million Cast
When I was a child, I often wanted to go fishing. Although I had begged my father numerous times to take me fishing, I can remember only two times that Read More …
Happy Thanksgiving!
When I was a kid, my mother always placed the turkey in the oven before going to bed. The next morning when we awakened, the smell of turkey filled the Read More …
What Time Is It?
It’s the time of year where each day almost has equal daylight hours as with night. When the time change occurs, mistakes can easily occur. Some years ago, in 1990, Read More …
Throwback Thursday: How Time Flies
The older I get, the more I find myself looking back at the pictures when we were children. It is strange how sometimes our minds stay younger while our bodies Read More …
Self-esteem and Building a Better Me
After a bad relationship fails, often we’re left wondering what we did wrong. At least that was how I felt after my horrible first marriage ended. During a marriage that Read More …
Falsely Accused
Since my parents were pathological liars, I have always attempted to tell the truth because I hate to be lied to. Now, everyone tells the little “white lies,” as people Read More …
Fiddling Worms
As a teenager, I spent most of my summers exploring the woods, fields, and bluffs behind our house in Pleasant Hill, Alabama. And most of my time, I searched and Read More …
Early Impressions on my Mind
At an early age, I found nature fascinating. I was probably about four years old when I walked with my father and mother in the woods behind our house in Read More …
The Last Time I Saw My Mother Alive
When a loved one is addicted to drugs, it causes pain for the entire family. Whether the addiction is to illegal drugs or prescription drugs, addiction is addiction. However, the Read More …