The culture will soon be celebrating Mother’s Day.  I have many memories as a child of the annual celebration of my mom, Lola Fern (Phillips) Thornton.  Now since my celebration of her relies totally upon my memory since she has passed away, I cling to them as the valuable treasure they are.  Almost daily her… Read More »

The project of lawn improvement and beautification continues on Chatham street.  One of the areas that has been difficult to manage is the number of little trees that have grown up volunteer in some rather undesirable locations.  The undesirable locations include between the chain link fence and the shed and “in” the chain link fence.… Read More »

Camille and I have taken a bit of a hiatus from our normal TV watching pattern of British crime dramas to something radically different.  We have been watching some shows that feature what are called “Tiny Houses”.  Apparently this is a new phenomenon that is gaining in popularity as people are evaluating their priorities and… Read More »

I have been driving for 46 years.  I vividly remember going to the DMV back in the day and picking up my little booklet that I saw the doorway to freedom.  I knew I was going to have to pass a written exam based upon the contents of this book and so I knew I… Read More »

The title for this blog post is a bit weird and maybe needs a bit of explanation.  I heard this phrase in an episode of the TV show Fringe.  One of the futuristic people called “Observers” were speaking about how the “normal” humans would see situations and not only not have a clue to what… Read More »

The other day last week I was going through my daily routine of reading the headlines from my Google news app and ran across an article that really caught my attention.  It was entitled, “People Who Adopt This Powerful 3-Word Habit Have Very High Emotional Intelligence”.  I thought to myself, “I want to have very… Read More »

I celebrated a birthday last week and I can honestly say it was one of the best days I have had in a really long time.  What’s weird about that is that I was a little bummed out when my birthday fell on a Sunday.  I figured that since Sundays are kind of busy for… Read More »

We are grateful to wake up this morning to the sun shining after a day and evening of stormy weather.  I don’t know how many times the tornado warning siren sounded last evening but it was several.  Camille and I hunkered-down outside on our patio as we enjoyed the rain and watched the clouds.  We… Read More »

Camille and I got back home from a brief trip to New Orleans.  It is always good to get away for a bit but great to be back home!  We had a great time enjoying some very delicious food, strolling along the Mississippi River, as well as going to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. … Read More »

Wow!  What a year it has been!  Camille and I started our 2nd year of living in Mississippi this week and as you might expect, it has been a moment when we have looked back over the past 12 months to reflect.  Not only did the time fly rather quickly but it was in many… Read More »