Small town life and observations in the mid-west.
10 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
Levi had probably been down in this forgotten underground bunk a dozen times. Each time he'd find something different. The first time he'd found a couple of old, moldy notebooks. Moisture and time had made them brittle and unreadable. When he...
7 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
Money was spent on drugs and other emergency supplies. Some was stashed in caches in the woods near the homestead. Some were farther away on public land. There was no telling if things were going to get worse or not. There were promises of bette...
6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
It is a custom with rural people down south to turn up to the house of someone who has just lost a family member. Ladies tend to show up with food: fried chicken, peas or beans, cakes, pies. Some show up with brooms, mops, vacuums and other cleaning...
6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
It was a thing that he had a love/hate relationship with - being a guide. Thankfully, though, he only had to do it for the bigger hunts when people would come from 3 or 4 states to participate. Coon hunting was not as big a deal as it used to be arou...
6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
"Damned soft rubber soles!" He had expected to slip in and find the evidence he had needed with no real problems. He had expected carpet. Instead there were polished marble floors. Every time he took a step, his shoes squeaked on the floor. "Dam...
5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 6 comments uthus2000
Don't get electrocuted. That probably goes without saying. I do get the occasional shock but not near as often as I used to. The photo above is of an old power entrance panel in a church in St. Louis that is still in use. Notice all that bare c...
26 Jan 2021 2 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
Some time in October of '86, I went to the Japanese island of Kyushu. A brigade-size element had been deployed there for joint training with the JGSDF (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force). I learned a few things I'd never thought about before: Orio...
26 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”Luke 12:53 NASB1995 I think that I have spoken to...
24 Jan 2021 1 minute read 10 comments uthus2000
High above the planet, a weapons platform hangs in the sky. It has gone dark. It sends no telemetry. Ground Control has not been able to reestablish communication with it or get it to accept a reboot command. The platform is well outside envelope to...
18 Jan 2021 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
Note: The colloquialisms and bad grammar here are intentional. 35 years ago or so, me and Ron decided to go deer huntin'. We was off Bowen road between the Copeland place and where the Johnstons used to live. We pulled into the field about 3:30. I'm...
