Small town life and observations in the mid-west.
9 Jan 2021 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
Gammy and I went out to dinner this evening. It was the first time locally since probably March. We had gone to Cracker Barrel in Killeen, TX, back in October but that was Texas. Dinner was nice. I had a brisket Philly cheese steak. Gammy had so...
3 Jan 2021 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
While standing at the window, I survey the vastness of my realm. It's tiny actually. Maybe 30 feet from the front of the house to the street and perhaps 60 feet wide. As small as it is, I sometimes have difficulty finding the motivation to go out and...
1 Jan 2021 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the whole New Year's thing. January first as it stands is arbitrary. If 1/1 fell on one of the solstices or equinoxes it would make more sense. And why do we celebrate a new year anyway? Why not a new month? A new...
30 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
You could say there was utter silence here. But that really isn't true. Snow with little or no wind is like that. Muffled sounds at best. You want to hear something. You strain to hear anything. Then a branch breaks under the weight of the press...
29 Dec 2020 1 minute read 6 comments uthus2000
Seriously? Is this where we are now? I saw a meme a few minutes ago and thought I'd try it just to see if it were true. Lo! and behold! Yahoo.com Legitimate searches : is "We Got Married" scripted is "We Gather Together" a hymn is "we got this" gram...
27 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
Dean Koontz is an author that I've read off and on for years and like any author he has good works and some that just don't do it for me. Dark Rivers of the Heart is one of my favorites. The main character's name is Spencer Grant. He somehow has a f...
27 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
Gammy and I had nothing to do today and since it was a nice day, we decided to head down to the river. There is a lock and dam not too very far from where we live. We've been down there several times before just to sit and look at the river whil...
26 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
El Guapo is totally out of control - not when anyone is around to watch him, mind you. But any time that Gammy and both leave, he loses his mind. Shredded paper towels here and there. Other little things that he's dragged out of the garbage can....
26 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
It was inevitable. Winter moved inside his frozen heart. Everything had been taken from him. Crushed. Destroyed. Now he sat on the ridge overlooking the camp of the interlopers waiting for darkness to fall. Even if they had infrared detectors...
22 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
This is what Gammy, the neighbors and I saw through the telescope last night. We've got a smallish Celestron Powerseeker 127ED that we have not had much time to play around with yet. My spotting scope is not set correctly, so I had to use trees...
