Almost every morning I walk for exercise. It's enjoyable to walk when it's still early. The air smells wonderful, there's not a great deal of traffic (when is there a lot... [...]
In the previous post King David wonders, "I hope they brought back some marmite with them; I know Ben always spoke highly of it and how much he loved it...." [...]
The big news for us is that Faith and Ben finally got back from their honeymoon yesterday. Of course, there are other things going on in the headlines, but it's hard... [...]
Ok, Mitch posted this earlier today but the firewall at work kept me from watching the video, which is just as well because it really wouldn't do for me to...' [...]
It's a beautiful day in South St. Paul, Minnesota and you have found the live blog for the wedding of Faith and Ben. The assembled characters are beginning to arrive and...' [...]
A special Night Hens breakfast: the last outing before the Mall Diva is married. The Hens are at Keys in downtown St. Paul with special guest, the Rooster!... [...]
When I was younger the weddings I went to far outnumbered the funerals. That ratio is changing, it seems, to something like 50-50, but I'm hoping to get through this summer...' [...]
My grandmother, Elizabeth "Lizey" Burleson Stewart Ray, passed away Wednesday morning in her sleep at 101 years of age, just a couple of months shy of making it to 102. I... [...]
Somebody had the brilliant idea to create a game app for the iPhone where the objective is to shake a baby to death, and then Apple thought it was a... [...]
I first saw this article and threw it into my drafts folder about a month ago and forgot about it. A little spring cleaning, however, brings you this snippet from the... [...]
A few years ago when home values were soaring my wife and I refinanced our house, taking out some equity to remodel part of our main floor while locking in a... [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in my warm house, in a comfy chair, just flicking my gloveless fingers over my keyboard and I discovered that the amount... [...]
In wartime it's common to try to dehumanize the enemy, calling them derogatory names and ascribing vile and fiendish character traits to them to make it easier to hate and, I...' [...]
...but that may be about to change. Over the weekend My wife, Tiger Lilly and I applied to be accepted into the Pueblo Ingles program to help Spaniards learn to... [...]
I was combing through my blog archives earlier looking for a study that I've previously cited because I want to use it in another post that I'm working on. In the... [...]
The Mall Diva, Tiger Lilly and MD's friend and singing-partner, Princess Flicker-Feather, are taking a hip-hop dance class once a week. I don't know what hip-hop dance involves but since Easter... [...]