My parents never had a lot of income. Dad was an orderly at a charity hospital, and mom was a unit secretary in the same hospital. I have never figured out how they did it, but we three kids never suffered, although […]

Martha and I on one of our visits to Ireland were driving around checking out the smaller country towns. We were amazed at how peaceful and quiet these areas are. Sometimes we would talk about just chucking everything and moving there. You […]

My grandfather was born in Muhlenberg County Kentucky. It was where the Scotsh Irish immigrants settled after moving from Ireland to Virginia. Muhlenberg was also the home of Merle Travis, Warren Oates. James best, John Prine, and Don Everly. He worked in […]

At our annual golf get together we always played little money games involving skill and luck, mostly luck. One of these was the string game. It involved a piece of string and par three holes. As best as I can remember, the […]

Well, it is tax time again. I have mine done by Aaron. My kids tell me I am smart enough to do my own taxes. I tell them I am smart enough not to do my own taxes. there have been a […]

My dad ‘s favorite thing to do was to go to the junkyard on Saturday. He would find something to buy and then bring it home and try to fix it. I was always amazed at the number of things he was […]

My parents who got married in 1936 rented a small house on Oregon street in Evansville Indiana. My dad worked at Briggs a division of Chrysler motors. During the next five years they had two boys and a girl. They saved what […]

Julie had graduated from Purdue and was out in the working world. Stacey was just beginning as a freshman at Purdue getting used to being on her own. School was going well, and she was getting involved in joining a sorority and […]

I received a call one day at work from a guy named Dwane. He was a volunteer at the Carolina Air Museum, and they had a problem. One of their functional exhibits was a deicer, and the fuel pump on the device […]

Growing up in Souther Indiana, my mother made sure that my brother Bob, my sister Kitty, and I learned the basics of cooking. Bob was the toughest as he didn’t like a great variety of food. This didn’t change until he spent […]