Why did he say that?: People can say some strange things. Some of these statements are quite annoying, while others may be funny and enjoyable. Some of the things people say leave me shaking my head and wondering what they said and why they said it. Do you know what I mean? I’m talking about……

Boy on a Hot Tin Roof: Mama had a mysterious situation. Her dried apples kept disappearing. Each day, their number seemed to be less than it had been the day before. For some strange reason, she seemed to think I knew something about it. Mama must have thought I was extremely smart because she came to……

Wearing Old Man Blue Jeans: I’ve been wearing and loving blue jeans most of my life. I have noticed in more recent years that some of the jeans I’m wearing are different from the ones I wore when I was younger. For years, I have promised I would never wear a pair of those “old-man……

It was one of those nights: It is 2:00 on a Thursday. No, not 2:00 in the afternoon. I’m upstairs in my office writing what you are now reading. You might ask, “Why are you writing at 2:00 in the morning?” The real question is, “Why am I up at 2:00 in the morning?” Well, I……

Two loves that finally met one another: For most of my life, they had been around one another, but they had never actually met. When two of the great loves of my life finally got together, it was like they had been meant for one another all along, but I had never realized it. They made such……

The hole in the rock: I love caves! I have visited several in many locations across the nation. Perhaps my fascination began in a cave that isn’t really a cave. It is a deep horizontal hole in the side of Alabama’s Sand Mountain, located between Blake and Fort Payne. It was simply known as The……

A Weekend spent in a Horse Cave: Actually, it was not an entire weekend, but it was a Friday evening and most of Saturday. Before any wild rumors begin to circulate, we did not actually spend the weekend in a cave. We only spent two hours in a cave, but that was not in Horse Cave. Yes,……

The Window Fan: Back when I was growing up, they had air conditioning. Please notice I said “they” had air conditioning. I did not say “we” had air conditioning. Who was they? Well, back then, I thought it was everybody except us. Even some restaurants and motels had air conditioning. I know this……

Blackberries, Bugs, and Simon Peter: I grew up picking blackberries. On one end of Mama’s 100-acre garden was a big tamed blackberry briar. Every summer that thing was loaded with blackberries that were about the size of my dad’s thumbs. My dad had the biggest hands and fingers of anyone I knew, so in other……