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24 May 2020 2 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
Until a few months ago, our daughter, CC, would have block parties out at her place near Rock Prairie. Except there was no "block." She lived way out in the country. It was fifteen minutes from anywhere. For anyone to come to the event was a conscio...
15 May 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
Sometimes being a jerk on the homestead will land you in hot water. Literally. Meet Tom. I think he's the only animal ever having been on the homestead that didn't get a real name. He was just referred to by what male turkeys are called. We got Tom...
11 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
Gammy and I went to the ozark foothills Sunday to see our daughter's family. It's a 2-1/2 hour drive so we don't get out that way very often. They had done quite a bit of work on their place since we were there last. They had installed a couple of te...
14 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments donnadavisart
I am trying to keep to my new schedule, so here is my latest piece: # Another Otter inspired Tea partybut this time, one of the little fellas decided to take his tea a step further. Why not dunk your bikky as WELL as yourself in the cup, eh? # I...
5 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
A few days ago I wrote about Bullion, the old man that lives on our younger daughter's homestead.The photo above is not Bullion. It's one that I found on TheChive a few years ago when I was doing jigsaw puzzles on my computer. It is, however, what I...
4 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
On our younger daughter's former piece of property, there was a trail through the woods that we would occasionally walk. It was a fairly short circuit of perhaps a quarter mile. Pine needles and hardwood leaves padded the ground. The smell of dec...
26 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
Gammy was not too happy with me Saturday afternoon. We were headed to the edge of the Ozarks to see the grandkids. They live about 2-1/2 hours away. After hitting a grocery store in St. Louis, we headed west. I was planning on stopping in Hillsboro a...
14 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments OsgoodEndsGood
I am a fan of crypto currencies, though not a speculative investor. I'm a holder. I have collected a few here and there. I have a hard wallet and know just enough to get me into a lot of trouble, make bad decisions, and lead my friends and family to...
10 Feb 2020 1 minute read 5 comments uthus2000
I had to run to the dollar store this afternoon to pick up a couple of things. As I stepped out of my truck and was heading in the store, a smell from my childhood stopped me dead in my tracks. It was the smoky, oily smell of an old yearly farming c...
30 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
We lived in a small town. Well actually I didn't live in town but about a mile and a half from it. The population couldn't have been more than a few hundred. We had a post office, a convenience store, a mom and pop store and two churches. There was a...
