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Advice from An Old Farmer
Advice from An Old Farmer Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere … Continue reading
A Christmas Story – The Rifle
It was Christmas Eve 1942. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn’t been enough money to buy me the rifle that I’d wanted for Christmas. We did the … Continue reading
Behind Every Successful Man
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Burned Toast
Burned Toast “When I was a kid, my Mom liked to cook food and every now & then I remember she used to cook for us. One night in particular when she had made dinner after a long hard day … Continue reading
Cutting the ends off the Ham
Ham EndsA young girl was watching her mother bake a ham for a family gathering and noticed her mom cutting off the ends before placing it in the oven. “Mom, why do you cut the ends off before baking the … Continue reading
Life Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned from a 90 Year Old 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.3. Life is too short not to enjoy it.4. Your job won’t take care of you when … Continue reading
The Three Sons
The Three Sons Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly Mother. The first son said, “I built a big house for our … Continue reading
The Pickle Jar
The Pickle Jar The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into … Continue reading
Wrinkles
A Little Girl And Grandpa A little girl is sitting on her grandpa’s lap and studying the wrinkles on his old face. She gets up the nerve to rub her fingers over the wrinkles. Then she touches her own face … Continue reading
Presidents Day
Presidents Day I was eating breakfast with my 10-year-old Granddaughter and I asked her, What day is tomorrow?” Without skipping a beat she said, “It’s Presidents Day!” She’s smart, so I asked her “What does Presidents Day mean?” I was … Continue reading
I Love You
I Love You What is the difference between “I like you” and “I love You” Beautifully answered by Buddha: “When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.” One who … Continue reading
How Children Perceive their Grandparents
How children perceive their Grandparents 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, … Continue reading
Green Thing Back Then – Funny, but True!
Green Thing Back Then Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t … Continue reading
The Two Wolves
The Two Wolves One evening, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, … Continue reading
Paraprosdokian
Paraprosdokian A paraprosdokian is (apparently) a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence is unexpected and oft times very humorous. Even though the word isn’t to be found in my dictionary, the following examples have been … Continue reading
What is it Called in Groups?
What is it Called in Groups? Apes: a shrewdness Badgers: a cete Bats: a colony or a camp Bears: a sloth or a sleuth Bees: a swarm Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy Camels: a caravan Cats: a clowder or a … Continue reading
Our New Grandson
Our New Grandson – Brady Kane Well, we added another grandson to our family on March 4, 2013. That makes 4 grand kids we are blessed with. His name is Brady Kane and he was 9 pounds and 7 ounces! … Continue reading
Christmas 2012
Christmas 2012 Christmas was very nice and we celebrated several times, since the family was a little spread out and we couldn’t get everyone together at the same time. It was kind of nice that way, because we got to have … Continue reading
New Grandson
Our First Grandson – Mason Kieth Well, we added our first grandson to our family on July 25th, 2012. His name is Mason Kieth Hamblin. His proud parents are Lana and Brian. He is a handsome young man and we … Continue reading