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29 Sep 2023    How Much Is Laughter Really Worth?

 
 
22 Sep 2023    What’s the Harm with a Little Treat?

 
 
15 Sep 2023    Oh, Memory, How I Miss Thee
 
8 Sep 2023    Why Do Some Cute Babies Grow Up Ugly
 
30 Aug 2023    How Many Coughs is Enough For One Day
 
25 Aug 2023    What’s so Bad about a Knucklehead
 
18 Aug 2023    Memories Can Be So Memorable
 
11 Aug 2023    One More Scam Call and I’m Going to Scream
 
4 Aug 2023    Knowing Everything Is A Blessing And A Curse
 
28 Jul 2023    So This Is Old Age

 
 
22 Jul 2023    As If I Really Could
 
15 Jul 2023    Our Summer Vacation Jamboree

 
 
7 Jul 2023    Have Giggle Will Laugh
 
30 Jun 2023    We Weren’t Expecting That
 
23 Jun 2023    I’m Too Smart to Be Stupid

 
 
16 Jun 2023    If Only I Had It My Way
 
9 Jun 2023    What’s a Whopper Got to Do with Anything
 
3 Jun 2023    I Feel Sorry for My Good-Looking Friends
 
26 May 2023    Dizzy Is As Dizzy Says
 
19 May 2023    These Old Bones of Mine
 
12 May 2023    I’d Rather Kiss A Goat

 
 
5 May 2023    My Reward I’ll Eat It If I Want To
 
28 Apr 2023    It’s Not a Mess Unless I Do It
 
21 Apr 2023    The Princess Hath Thus Spoken
 
14 Apr 2023    Who Invented the AutoCorrect?

 
 
7 Apr 2023    Has Anyone Seen My Marbles?
 
31 Mar 2023    What a Wacky World We Live in
 
24 Mar 2023    I’m So Poor I Can’t Pay Attention
 
17 Mar 2023    Learning what “Me-Time” is all about
 
10 Mar 2023    Nothing Like A Mystery To Calm My Nerves
 
4 Mar 2023    Who’s Been Fiddling with My Mind?
 
24 Feb 2023    Relaxing Is Not Always so Relaxing
 
18 Feb 2023    If I’m Not Crazy Nobody Is
 
10 Feb 2023    Another Celebration In The Bank
 
3 Feb 2023    Ugly Isn’t For Sissies
 
28 Jan 2023    Sow a Thought Reap a Pie

 
 
20 Jan 2023    What Would My Life Be without a Cookie. - short column
 
20 Jan 2023    What Would My Life Be without a Cookie.
 
13 Jan 2023    I Screamed for Ice Cream and Got in Trouble.- SHORT COLUMN

 
 
13 Jan 2023    I Screamed for Ice Cream and Got in Trouble.

 
 
7 Jan 2023    Where Is The Gracious Mistress Of The Parsonage?

 
 
30 Dec 2022    The Misconception of a New Year
 
22 Dec 2022    The Liar in the Red Suit
 
18 Dec 2022    As Luck Would Have It - short version
 
16 Dec 2022    As Luck Would Have It

 
 
12 Dec 2022    Do I Need to File a Missing Persons Report? - short version

 
 
10 Dec 2022    Do I Need to File a Missing Persons Report
 
2 Dec 2022    Do I Really Talk In My Sleep
 
25 Nov 2022    If Only I Would Take Notes
 
18 Nov 2022    A Day Trip in the Sissy Van
 
11 Nov 2022    The Great Divide between Brain and Tongue
 
4 Nov 2022    Who’s the Clown Now
 
28 Oct 2022    See Cookie Will Sneak
 
22 Oct 2022    How Old is Too Old
 
14 Oct 2022    How Much Coffee Is Too Much Coffee
 
7 Oct 2022    Have Nose, Will Snore

 
 
30 Sep 2022    Why God Gave Me a Tongue
 
23 Sep 2022    Who’s Really in Charge
 
16 Sep 2022    Sir Forgets-A-Lot to the Rescue
 
9 Sep 2022    Nothing Like An Old Fashion Scam
 
26 Aug 2022    The Harmonious Melody of Hummingbirds
 
19 Aug 2022    It Never Dawned on Me Until
 
12 Aug 2022    My Oh My What a Nice Slice of Pie
 
5 Aug 2022    When Is It Okay to Be Snarly?
 
29 Jul 2022    Do I Need to Repeat That?
 
22 Jul 2022    To Ask or Not Ask Is No Option
 
15 Jul 2022    Fool Me Once and You Will Be the Fool
 
8 Jul 2022    It Was One of Those Naughty Flings
 
30 Jun 2022    An Apple Fritter on My Mind
 
24 Jun 2022    Is Growing Up Really That Important
 
17 Jun 2022    What the World Needs Today Are Fathers
 
10 Jun 2022    A Trip Around the Whirlwind
 
4 Jun 2022    Angels do Play Harps and I Have Proof
 
27 May 2022    It Was Another Amateur Run at Chillin
 
20 May 2022    Doctors Are Always Right
 
13 May 2022    It’s All in the Script
 
6 May 2022    And Then, There It Was
 
29 Apr 2022    Maybe We Should Go Back To Smoke Signal Communications
 
22 Apr 2022    The Good, the Bad, and the Grouchy
 
15 Apr 2022    Just When I Think I Got Everything Covered
 
9 Apr 2022    I’d Give Her a Piece of My Mind If I Had Any To Spare
 
1 Apr 2022    A Switch in Time On My behind
 
25 Mar 2022    The BOGO Queen Has Left the Building
 
18 Mar 2022    Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Stop Laughin
 
11 Mar 2022    Laughter Is Not for Sissies
 
5 Mar 2022    One Mouth Too Many Words
 
25 Feb 2022    What a Crazy World We Live in
 
18 Feb 2022    What’s so Cool about a Cucumber?
 
14 Feb 2022    Wherever They Are I Will Find Them
 
4 Feb 2022    It was a Murphy’s Law kind of week
 
28 Jan 2022    Mr. Cold, Please Go Away
 
21 Jan 2022    What Did She Just Say?
 
14 Jan 2022    I Just Kissed Yesterday Goodbye
 
7 Jan 2022    Splish Splash, I Forgot to Take A Bath
 
31 Dec 2021    The nightmare after Christmas

 
 
22 Dec 2021    I Was Naughty and Didn’t’ Know It
 
17 Dec 2021    My Ongoing Grudge with Santa
 
10 Dec 2021    I Love My Imperfections
 
3 Dec 2021    Hey, This Is My Story!
 
26 Nov 2021    Eating Healthy Is for Sissies
 
19 Nov 2021    Thanksgiving quandary: roast turkey or lame duck
 
5 Nov 2021    MY BODY, MY SWAT
 
29 Oct 2021    I Can Never Have Too Much Ice Cream
 
22 Oct 2021    I Didn’t Do It My Way
 
15 Oct 2021    Green Thumb Versus Black and Blue Thumb
 
8 Oct 2021    What Would Life Be Without Mistakes?
 
1 Oct 2021    I DON’T BELIEVE IN KARMA
 
24 Sep 2021    The Epitome Of Boredom
 
17 Sep 2021    Ready or Not, Here I Quit
 
10 Sep 2021    Are You Ready for Fall?
 
3 Sep 2021    Hallelujah… She’s Baaaaack
 
27 Aug 2021    Is Being Sane Too Much to Ask?
 
20 Aug 2021    And Then There Were Four
 
14 Aug 2021    What's All These Gadgets For?

 
 
6 Aug 2021    Temptation Is Oh So Tempting
 
31 Jul 2021    Don't Judge a Person by Their Cover-up
 
23 Jul 2021    I Ain’t 16 Anymore
 
16 Jul 2021    The Blossoming Flower Whisperer
 
9 Jul 2021    Where Oh Where Is My Hair?
 
2 Jul 2021    Any Pie à la Mode Is My Kind of Pie
 
25 Jun 2021    Bump, Bump, Bump, Where’s the Scratch
 
18 Jun 2021    Why Do I Have So Many Toes?
 
11 Jun 2021    Where Do Wrinkles Come From?
 
4 Jun 2021    Will We Be Served Coffee in Heaven?
 
27 May 2021    It’s My Tongue I’ll Wag It If I Want To
 
21 May 2021    To Scam or Not to Scam That Is the Phone Call
 
14 May 2021    I May Be a Knucklehead, but I'm Not Insane
 
7 May 2021    Who Doesn’t Like A Girl Scout Cookie?
 
30 Apr 2021    A Shortcut Is Not Always That Short
 
23 Apr 2021    What Would the World Be without Apple Fritters?
 
16 Apr 2021    That’s Why Doctors Call Us Patients
 
9 Apr 2021    Something Seems to Be Missing
 
2 Apr 2021    Seeing Can Be Rather Expensive
 
26 Mar 2021    Ants, Ants, Ants, Where's the Uncles
 
19 Mar 2021    Be Careful What You Smile About
 
11 Mar 2021    New Normal: If It's Free, It Ain't for Me
 
5 Mar 2021    What’s so Peasy About Easy?
 
26 Feb 2021    Knock, Knock; Someone’s in Trouble
 
19 Feb 2021    What’s Pete Got to Do with Anything?
 
12 Feb 2021    If It Was Up To Me
 
5 Feb 2021    A Divided House Makes a Happy Home
 
29 Jan 2021    Oh, the Daze of My Life
 
22 Jan 2021    Coffee Without Coffee Just Ain’t Coffee
 
15 Jan 2021    Riding the Hallelujah Train To the End
 
8 Jan 2021    Well, Here We Go Again
 
1 Jan 2021    Red Isn’t Always the Red I See
 
25 Dec 2020    Another Christmas Tree in the Bag
 
18 Dec 2020    Tell Santa I Tried to Be Nice
 
11 Dec 2020    Christmas Is More Than Jingle, Jingle
 
4 Dec 2020    It Was a Shoofly Pie Moment
 
27 Nov 2020    It’s All Over But The Lying
 
20 Nov 2020    Being Nice Does Have Its Rewards
 
13 Nov 2020    Bug! Bug! Where’s The Bug?
 
6 Nov 2020    When Everything Goes My Way
 
30 Oct 2020    Things Have a Way of Catching up with Me
 
23 Oct 2020    The Alleged Warrant For My Arrest
 
16 Oct 2020    All in Due Time, So She Says
 
9 Oct 2020    Junk Is a Matter of Personal Definition
 
2 Oct 2020    Chillin Ain’t What I Thought It Was
 
25 Sep 2020    Oh, to Be Crazy and Get Paid for It
 
18 Sep 2020    Getting Away With It Is Half the Fun
 
11 Sep 2020    A Musical Concert or Aggravating Noise?
 
3 Sep 2020    If Only My Fishing Rod Could Talk
 
28 Aug 2020    Doing Nothing Is Harder Than I Thought
 
21 Aug 2020    Oh, for a Life like My Kitty
 
14 Aug 2020    What It Was, Was a Peach Tree
 
7 Aug 2020    Are Homemade Cookies Addictive?
 
31 Jul 2020    I Love a Mystery When It's a Mystery
 
24 Jul 2020    It’s My Birthday I’ll Lie If I Want To
 
17 Jul 2020    If I Had a Nickel for Every Blunder I Made…
 
10 Jul 2020    It’s Not Always What It Seems
 
3 Jul 2020    A Family Stare off Competition
 
26 Jun 2020    It Was A Week That Was Shot To Pieces
 
19 Jun 2020    Those Used To Be the Days
 
12 Jun 2020    There’s Something About A Lazy Summer Afternoon
 
5 Jun 2020    Will There Be Television in Heaven?
 
29 May 2020    My Thoughts Are Worth More Than a Penny
 
22 May 2020    And Then It Was Silent No More
 
15 May 2020    Love Bugs Are Really Not That Loving
 
8 May 2020    When Everything Fails, It’s Over
 
1 May 2020    Casual Is Not Always Appropriate
 
24 Apr 2020    Not Everything Is As It Seems
 
17 Apr 2020    What’s Time Got to Do with It?
 
10 Apr 2020    There’s Always Tomorrow
 
3 Apr 2020    Every Dilemma Has a Silver Blessing
 
27 Mar 2020    Time Alone Is Time Invested
 
20 Mar 2020    Some Things Seem Too Good To Be True
 
14 Mar 2020    Have Nose, Will Sneeze
 
6 Mar 2020    Old Deals, New Wheels
 
28 Feb 2020    In My Humble Opinion
 
22 Feb 2020    The World Needs More Grandfathers
 
14 Feb 2020    I Sure Miss My Old Typewriter
 
7 Feb 2020    Did I Just Call Myself?
 
31 Jan 2020    In praise of crazy
 
24 Jan 2020    What Did We Know before Facebook?
 
17 Jan 2020    Please Don't Mess with My Peanut Butter
 
10 Jan 2020    To One It’s Monday to Another It’s Wednesday
 
3 Jan 2020    Oh, Those Alluring Lizardly Eyes
 
28 Dec 2019    Proper etiquette for returning Christmas gifts
 
19 Dec 2019    Is This a Christmas Present or What?
 
13 Dec 2019    Where Does Santa Get His Naughty or Nice List?
 
6 Dec 2019    The Difference Between a Fool and Being Full
 
29 Nov 2019    A Post Thanksgiving Wishbone
 
21 Nov 2019    From One Turkey to Another
 
15 Nov 2019    What's in a name, anyway?
 
8 Nov 2019    Getting Old Is Not for Sissies
 
2 Nov 2019    If Every Dog Has Its Day I Should Be Barking
 
25 Oct 2019    Thinking Has a Way of Getting Me into Trouble Dr. James L. Snyder
 
18 Oct 2019    It was One of Those Weeks
 
11 Oct 2019    I Didn’t Know How Young I Really Was
 
4 Oct 2019    A Minister And A Day Off His Rocker
 
28 Sep 2019    To Grin or Not to Grin, Is My Dilemma
 
21 Sep 2019    I Wasn’t Born Old It Just Happened That Way
 
13 Sep 2019    It Was A Belly Binge Kind of Day
 
7 Sep 2019    The Parsonage Kitchen Shutdown Threat
 
30 Aug 2019    Stuck between a Virus and a Varmint
 
23 Aug 2019    It's Hard For Me To Conceal A Giggle
 
17 Aug 2019    I Sure Do Miss St. Sanity
 
10 Aug 2019    My Mirror Doesn't Lie, But Sometimes It Giggles
 
3 Aug 2019    And Then, There It Was
 
1 Aug 2019    Did I Tell You The Story…?
 
20 Jul 2019    After All, It Is Monday
 
13 Jul 2019    And Then the Thunder Roared
 
6 Jul 2019    My Favorite Day of the Week Is Tomorrow
 
29 Jun 2019    Let The Summer Fun Begin
 
22 Jun 2019    Whatever Happened to the Simple Things in Life?
 
15 Jun 2019    One Man’s Joke Is Another Man’s Discount
 
8 Jun 2019    Another Vacation in the Bank
 
1 Jun 2019    What Is a Day off, Really?
 
25 May 2019    Eating Out Of My Comfort Zone
 
18 May 2019    Understanding the Grandpa Rules
 
11 May 2019    And Then It Was Friday
 
3 May 2019    Finding “Good” In Our World Is Challenging
 
27 Apr 2019    Lazy Does Have Its Advantages
 
20 Apr 2019    A Cookie Isn’t a Cookie Unless You Can Sneak It
 
15 Apr 2019    What It Was, Was a Hummingbird
 
6 Apr 2019    I’m Really Enjoying My Naivety
 
30 Mar 2019    I Don’t Miss My Teacher’s Hickory Stick, but She Never Did
 
23 Mar 2019    A Smile Is Both Contagious and Healthy
 
16 Mar 2019    The Question of the Disappearing Ice Cream
 
9 Mar 2019    O Holiday, Who Art Thou Today?
 
2 Mar 2019    It’s a Soap Opera World, Or Is It
 
23 Feb 2019    Is time a friend or an enemy?
 
16 Feb 2019    I Miss My Good Friend, Tom Foolery
 
9 Feb 2019    Have Mouth, Will Stutter
 
2 Feb 2019    Now, Do You Feel like a Big Boy?”
 
26 Jan 2019    The end of all nonsense and other practical jokes
 
19 Jan 2019    Why childhood is better the second time around
 
12 Jan 2019    It Was An Apple Fritter Kind Of Week
 
5 Jan 2019    I Thought but Then I Unthought
 
29 Dec 2018    Items not on my New Year's resolution list
 
22 Dec 2018    Oh Wisdom, Wherefore Art Thou
 
15 Dec 2018    My Little Dear, It’s Not Warm Outside!
 
8 Dec 2018    Be Sure Your Grin Will Find You Out
 
1 Dec 2018    Ha, Ha, I Knew I Was Right!
 
26 Nov 2018    Kitty On The Outside Or A Tree Frog On The Inside
 
24 Nov 2018    It Was a Gobble-Gobble Kind of Day
 
10 Nov 2018    Not Everything in Life Is Automatic
 
3 Nov 2018    Why Did I Ever Grow Up?
 
27 Oct 2018    I’m Dreaming of a Commercial Free World
 
20 Oct 2018    Is it a fragrance or a stench?
 
13 Oct 2018    “Here’s My Hammer If You Need It”
 
8 Oct 2018    Home Has Never Been Sweeter
 
29 Sep 2018    If This Is Autumn, What Was Summer?
 
22 Sep 2018    Financial Tip Of The Week: Pay Attention
 
15 Sep 2018    Where’s Sherlock Holmes When You Need Him?
 
8 Sep 2018    Slow Is Just the Way I Go
 
1 Sep 2018    How to Live with a Veggie-Holic
 
25 Aug 2018    Laughter in Any Other Language Is Just Not Funny
 
18 Aug 2018    If It Wasn’t for Bad Luck
 
11 Aug 2018    Hallelujah, It IS a Scam
 
4 Aug 2018    I Never Thought I Could
 
28 Jul 2018    I Think I Now Know How Noah Felt
 
21 Jul 2018    Apple fritter: the fruit of my choice
 
14 Jul 2018    I Fell for It… Again
 
7 Jul 2018    Enough Is Enough and I’ve Had Enough
 
30 Jun 2018    “What Do You Mean It’s Time to Go Home?”
 
23 Jun 2018    The Parsonage Kitchen Shutdown Threat
 
16 Jun 2018    Vacation Time Again?
 
9 Jun 2018    Where Have All the Fathers Gone?
 
2 Jun 2018    A Merry Heart Doeth Good
 
26 May 2018    A Key On the Table Is Worth Many A Chuckle
 
19 May 2018    What Would We Do without Rain?
 
12 May 2018    A Life Altering Discovery: Mothers Are Not Fathers
 
5 May 2018    Dealing with Tuesday, the Worst Day of the Week
 
28 Apr 2018    I Enjoy a Mess, Especially Mine
 
21 Apr 2018    How to Trick Summer into Coming Early
 
14 Apr 2018    My Somber Longing for Summer
 
7 Apr 2018    A healthy dose of medicine for the soul
 
31 Mar 2018    The Easter Bunny That Got Away
 
24 Mar 2018    Spring Has Sprung a Leak This Year
 
17 Mar 2018    When I’m beside Myself, I’m in Bad Company
 
10 Mar 2018    Can I get an amen?
 
5 Mar 2018    Wishing Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
 
24 Feb 2018    Looking for Money in All the Wrong Pockets
 
17 Feb 2018    Oh, Dem Golden Tones Of Silence
 
10 Feb 2018    A Bug on the Plate Is Worth How Much?
 
3 Feb 2018    Please, Just Let Me Grow Old!
 
27 Jan 2018    What Time Is It Really?
 
19 Jan 2018    The Only Exercise I Get Is Shivering in the Cold
 
13 Jan 2018    I’m In Leftover Heaven
 
6 Jan 2018    Back in the Saddle Again…and Again
 
30 Dec 2017    As The Old Year Fades, So Does My Memory
 
23 Dec 2017    The Year Slipped into the Silence of the Night
 
16 Dec 2017    Behold, the Christmas Grinch Cometh
 
9 Dec 2017    Santa Claus Hasn’t Received My Letter yet!
 
2 Dec 2017    Nice Is a Matter of Perspective
 
25 Nov 2017    Black Friday Always Results in Red Monday
 
18 Nov 2017    Poor As I Am, All I Can Give Is Thanks
 
11 Nov 2017    As The Cookie Crumbles, So Do My Excuses
 
4 Nov 2017    This Fall Was a Major Trip for Me
 
28 Oct 2017    Is the Whole World Crazy or Is It Just Me?
 
21 Oct 2017    Have You Seen My Glasses? And Other Trick Questions
 
14 Oct 2017    Why Did I Get Up This Morning?
 
7 Oct 2017    Why I Am Suspicious of All Yard Sales
 
30 Sep 2017    One Good Deed Deserves A Kick In The Pants
 
23 Sep 2017    Normal Isn’t All It’s Cracked up to Be
 
16 Sep 2017    Those Annoying Sounds of Silence
 
9 Sep 2017    My Sneeze Is No Gentle Breeze
 
2 Sep 2017    If "All Things Are Possible,” Why Can't I Balance My Checkbook?
 
26 Aug 2017    I Didn’t Win $750 Million
 
19 Aug 2017    Celebration Has Become a Way of Life for Me
 
12 Aug 2017    The Endless Flow of Ink
 
5 Aug 2017    A Discount by Any Other Name
 
29 Jul 2017    As Summers Go, This One Is Going
 
22 Jul 2017    The Amazing Wonder of A.G.E.
 
15 Jul 2017    Go Ahead, Call Me If You Dare
 
8 Jul 2017    Did I Just Blow My Cover?
 
1 Jul 2017    I Was Just Thinking
 
24 Jun 2017    To Stink, or Not to Stink, That is the Question
 
17 Jun 2017    Can Two Walk Together, Except They Be Going to the Same Store?
 
10 Jun 2017    Two In A Row Okay, But Three Is Suspicious
 
3 Jun 2017    And The Award Goes To…
 
27 May 2017    A Mystery Of Murderous Distortions
 
20 May 2017    Where Do You Look When She’s Lost Her Voice?
 
13 May 2017    My Advice: Twice Is Just As Nice
 
6 May 2017    “You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too”
 
29 Apr 2017    Mother Said There’d Be Days Like This
 
22 Apr 2017    Black Eye Causes Quandary of the First Order
 
15 Apr 2017    Life Does Have Its Compensations – Occasionally
 
8 Apr 2017    The High Cost Of Speaking Your Mind
 
1 Apr 2017    All My Friends Are Getting Old
 
25 Mar 2017    A Suspicious Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
 
18 Mar 2017    Would You Like A Burp With That Hiccup?
 
4 Mar 2017    What Time Is It, Really?
 
25 Feb 2017    Where in the World Does Time Go?
 
18 Feb 2017    I’ll Do It First Thing Tomorrow
 
11 Feb 2017    The Strange Myth of Multitasking
 
4 Feb 2017    I’m Not a Coffeeholic, or Am I?
 
28 Jan 2017    Why Did God Give Us Winter?
 
21 Jan 2017    Did Someone Just Hack My Thermometer?
 
14 Jan 2017    Everything old is getting older still
 
7 Jan 2017    It's déjà vu all over again
 
31 Dec 2016    Is The Cup Half Empty or Half Full?
 
24 Dec 2016    Another Christmas up the Chimney
 
17 Dec 2016    ‘Twas the night before Christmas
 
10 Dec 2016    The Merrification of Christmas
 
3 Dec 2016    Some Things Are Just Personal
 
26 Nov 2016    The Only Contest I Really Win Each Year
 
19 Nov 2016    Thanksgiving quandary: roast turkey or lame duck
 
12 Nov 2016    The Sound of Crickets Chirping in the Backyard
 
5 Nov 2016    Apart from That, I’m Doing Fine!
 
29 Oct 2016    How Did the Devil Get My Cell Phone Number?
 
22 Oct 2016    A Cup of Joe Says a Lot About Us
 
15 Oct 2016    Where Have All the Clowns Gone?
 
8 Oct 2016    Get me to the airport on time
 
1 Oct 2016    Bad Breath Ain’t Always That Bad
 
23 Sep 2016    Pursuing A Course In Apple-Fritterology
 
17 Sep 2016    Thoughts, Plots and Other Dangerous Activities
 
10 Sep 2016    Pardon My French, S’il Vous Plaît
 
3 Sep 2016    The Vegetable War in the Parsonage
 
27 Aug 2016    How fast the shades of summer have faded
 
20 Aug 2016    It’s Hot… And I Love It
 
30 Jul 2016    Pleeeease Don’t Say You’ll Go Fight For Me, Mr. Candidate
 
16 Jul 2016    How Many Mondays Are There in One Week?
 
9 Jul 2016    The Squirrel and Birds Controversy
 
1 Jul 2016    Back in the Saddle Again
 
24 Jun 2016    Apple fritter: the fruit of my choice
 
18 Jun 2016    Not Smart Enough to Be an Idiot
 
11 Jun 2016    Go Ahead - Make Dad's Day
 
4 Jun 2016    Is Confession Really Good for the Soul?
 
27 May 2016    Ready, Set, Now Go for It
 
21 May 2016    It Was Lights out at the Old Parsonage
 
14 May 2016    My Amazing Fascination with Summer
 
6 May 2016    Why Mothers Would Make Good Politicians
 
30 Apr 2016    Laying my Mother's Day cards on the table
 
23 Apr 2016    I Lost My Mind But I Really Haven’t Missed It
 
16 Apr 2016    Who's Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader?
 
8 Apr 2016    I Don’t Get Headaches, I Give Them
 
2 Apr 2016    Are Cows Really Holy?
 
26 Mar 2016    Acting a Fool Is a Full-Time Occupation
 
19 Mar 2016    It's Good Friday, but Sunday's a comin’
 
12 Mar 2016    Will the Fat Lady PLEASE sing?
 
5 Mar 2016    Tread Lightly in that Sacred Area
 
27 Feb 2016    Excuse me, but I just gotta be me
 
19 Feb 2016    For a Short Month, February is rather busy
 
12 Feb 2016    A Box of Valentine Chocolates Never Misses Its Target
 
5 Feb 2016    Will There Be Cell Phones in Heaven?
 
30 Jan 2016    Looking for Money in All the Wrong Pockets
 
22 Jan 2016    Now I Lay Me down to Count Sheep
 
15 Jan 2016    There Is No Known Cure for Happy-itis
 
8 Jan 2016    The New Year Calls for a New Mirror
 
1 Jan 2016    An Old Geezer Faces Another New Year
 
26 Dec 2015    A new look at the old year
 
19 Dec 2015    The Christmasfication of our home
 
12 Dec 2015    My Christmas “Miss-Her-Toe” Celebration
 
4 Dec 2015    Dealing with the Cha Ching Syndrome
 
28 Nov 2015    Another Thanksgiving under My Belt
 
21 Nov 2015    Too Much Turkey And Not Enough Gravy
 
15 Nov 2015    In My New Diet All I Lost Was Interest
 
31 Oct 2015    The Many Funny Faces of the Season
 
24 Oct 2015    “Say It Ain’t So, Dear”
 
17 Oct 2015    It was the worst of times and it was the worster of times
 
10 Oct 2015    I’m so Itchy I Don’t Know Where to Start Scratching
 
3 Oct 2015    I Am so Done with Summer
 
26 Sep 2015    If Only I Would've Thought of That
 
20 Sep 2015    I Really Meant to Behave Myself…
 
11 Sep 2015    If Everything Is Coming up Roses, What About All the Thorns?
 
4 Sep 2015    It’s Hard Being a Fool When There’s So Much Competition
 
22 Aug 2015    It’s My Mess And I Love It
 
16 Aug 2015    Birthdays, anniversaries and other things I usually forget
 
7 Aug 2015    The Irritable Foul-Mouth Syndrome
 
1 Aug 2015    Dancing In The Summer Rain
 
21 Jul 2015    Advice to the travel-weary vacationer
 
18 Jul 2015    Then the Birthday Card Arrived
 
11 Jul 2015    Why Can’t Summer Be Forever?
 
4 Jul 2015    Why not just be an American
 
27 Jun 2015    And Then It Was Summer
 
20 Jun 2015    Understanding the Grandpa Rules
 
13 Jun 2015    Where Have All the Fathers Gone?
 
6 Jun 2015    I’m Totally Tired with El Negativity
 
30 May 2015    A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind
 
23 May 2015    I May Be Odd but One Day I’ll Get Even
 
16 May 2015    Those Magnificent May Flowers
 
9 May 2015    Thank God I’m a Country Preacher
 
2 May 2015    I’d Give Her a Piece of My Mind If I Had Any To Spare
 
25 Apr 2015    When Did Cute Stop Being Cute?
 
18 Apr 2015    Why Grin When You Can Laugh out Loud
 
10 Apr 2015    Preparation and execution of my income tax return
 
4 Apr 2015    For some, Easter is a hop and a skip
 
28 Mar 2015    What’s Wrong with Having a “Blessed” Day?
 
21 Mar 2015    It Was Lights Out At The Old Ballgame
 
14 Mar 2015    Why Women Live Longer Than Men
 
7 Mar 2015    How Old Is Too Old?
 
28 Feb 2015    Born with a Screwdriver in My Hand
 
21 Feb 2015    Any Day without Snow is a Good Day
 
14 Feb 2015    Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
 
7 Feb 2015    A Box of Valentine Chocolates Never Misses Its Target
 
31 Jan 2015    Don't Mess with My Peanut Butter
 
24 Jan 2015    For Sale: One Lying Bathroom Mirror
 
17 Jan 2015    A Penny for Your Thoughts
 
10 Jan 2015    Whatever Happened to an Old-Fashioned Handshake?
 
3 Jan 2015    Everything New Gets Old Too Soon
 
26 Dec 2014    What It Was, Was Fruitcake
 
20 Dec 2014    Do Christmas Temptations Really Count?
 
12 Dec 2014    Naughty Is As Naughty Does
 
6 Dec 2014    The Great Wall of Silence after Thanksgiving
 
29 Nov 2014    Striving to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude
 
22 Nov 2014    The Early Turkey Gets the Gobble
 
15 Nov 2014    What It Was, Was Basketball
 
8 Nov 2014    The Longest Day of My Life
 
1 Nov 2014    There Is Something to Be Said for Boredom
 
25 Oct 2014    I Wasn’t Born Old It Just Happened That Way
 
18 Oct 2014    Nobody Is As Good As Their Selfie
 
11 Oct 2014    It’s Hard Being a Gentleman in Today’s World
 
4 Oct 2014    If Everything Goes Right Something’s Wrong
 
27 Sep 2014    People, after All, Are Just People
 
20 Sep 2014    The Thing I Miss Most About Summer
 
13 Sep 2014    Closer Than My Cell Phone
 
6 Sep 2014    Cleaning up Messes, Parsonage Style
 
30 Aug 2014    A Severe Case of Yuckitis
 
23 Aug 2014    What did the bugs do before I came?
 
16 Aug 2014    It Was a Shoofly Pie Celebration Weekend
 
9 Aug 2014    Two Words That Changed My Life.
 
2 Aug 2014    And the heat goes on... and on... and on
 
26 Jul 2014    Things I have learned in my lifetime
 
19 Jul 2014    A Year Older but Not That Much Smarter
 
12 Jul 2014    “Let It Go, Let It Go, Let It Go”
 
5 Jul 2014    Have a blessed day; now fire me if you dare!
 
28 Jun 2014    In Honor of the True Patriots
 
21 Jun 2014    The Haves, the Have Nots and the Whatnots
 
14 Jun 2014    Swallowing pride or eating crow are both bitter pills to swallow
 
7 Jun 2014    The switch on my behind saved time
 
31 May 2014    The War on Common Sense
 
24 May 2014    Just don’t call me on Monday!
 
17 May 2014    Why did God give us coffee?
 
10 May 2014    Why mothers would make good politicians
 
3 May 2014    My Mother’s Day Card Quandary
 
26 Apr 2014    And then there was May
 
5 Oct 2013    The Parsonage Kitchen Shutdown Threat
 
7 Sep 2013    Fifty Shades of Grey suits
 
31 Aug 2013    I wish we’d all be California foils
 
24 Aug 2013    Some Mysteries Are Tough To Solve
 
17 Aug 2013    Financial Tip of the Week: Pay Attention
 
10 Aug 2013    Amish ain’t always Amish
 
3 Aug 2013    Rumors of being stranded in the Philippines are highly exaggerated
 
27 Jul 2013    Whatever Happened to Those Lazy Days of Summer?
 
20 Jul 2013    The Age Long Query: Who Am I?
 
13 Jul 2013    Apple fritter: the fruit of my choice
 
6 Jul 2013    Trying to keep my sanity in a politically correct world
 
29 Jun 2013    Of Course It's Raining, I Just Washed My Car
 
18 May 2013    And I thought I was confused!
 
12 May 2013    Oh for a memory like dear old mom’s
 
27 Apr 2013    Why can’t we just have fun?
 
26 Apr 2013    No known cure for the Yakety-Yak syndrome
 
8 Mar 2013    How to have your cake and eat it too
 
23 Feb 2013    As I was saying to myself…
 
16 Feb 2013    As brilliant schemes go, mine didn’t
 
9 Feb 2013    True love trumps a romantic fling every time
 
2 Feb 2013    Beware, O, ye blasted hacker, whomsoever thou art
 
19 Jan 2013    My New Year’s diet fits me to a T-shirt
 
12 Jan 2013    As my luck would have it
 
5 Jan 2013    So, this is what new looks like
 
28 Dec 2012    Let’s do it all over again
 
21 Dec 2012    ‘Tis the Season to be Broke
 
15 Dec 2012    So, this is how the world ends
 
8 Dec 2012    I’ll have a “red” Christmas, thank you.
 
1 Dec 2012    What holiday does a holiday tree celebrate?
 
24 Nov 2012    Okay, that wasn’t funny
 
17 Nov 2012    The great Thanksgiving con
 
10 Nov 2012    Thou pollest too much, methinks
 
3 Nov 2012    Free is as free gives and I don’t like free, usually
 
27 Oct 2012    Get me to the airport on time
 
20 Oct 2012    Be Sure, Your Sin Will Find You Out
 
13 Oct 2012    Cashing in on a cashless society
 
6 Oct 2012    “Early to bed and early to rise” hasn’t really worked for me
 
22 Sep 2012    Would someone please call “timeout?”
 
15 Sep 2012    The Umpire Wore Shorts
 
8 Sep 2012    Who says the IRS is a Meany?
 
2 Sep 2012    My humble effort at stimulating the economy
 
25 Aug 2012    Solving the Mystery of Picking a President
 
17 Aug 2012    Whatever Happened to the Simple Things in Life?
 
10 Aug 2012    A Midsummer's day nightmare
 
4 Aug 2012    Local Church Appreciation Day announced for Sunday
 
28 Jul 2012    So, this is summer, is it?
 
21 Jul 2012    All I ever wanted to do was go fishing
 
14 Jul 2012    Pigs can fly, but not with me
 
7 Jul 2012    Whatever happened to old-fashioned spankings?
 
30 Jun 2012    Why not just be an American
 
23 Jun 2012    Vote for me, I create lots of jobs
 
16 Jun 2012    How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day
 
16 Jun 2012    It's not my father's world anymore
 
8 Jun 2012    Snake, rattle and roll in the aisles
 
1 Jun 2012    I cry at weddings, too
 
25 May 2012    I used to believe in Leprechauns
 
17 May 2012    Giggle The Pounds Away With Laughtercise
 
11 Jun 2011    A father's work is never done, either
 
4 Jun 2011    The great yard sale conspiracy
 
28 May 2011    One word not in my vocabulary
 
21 May 2011    When trouble comes a knocking, don't answer the door
 
14 May 2011    High inflation reaches a new low
 
30 Apr 2011    Laying my Mother's Day cards on the table
 
30 Apr 2011    The taxing of my fragile sanity
 
30 Apr 2011    One man's joke is another man's hug
 
9 Apr 2011    My yearly correspondence with good old Uncle Sam
 
2 Apr 2011    A really short history of broccoli
 
2 Apr 2011    Dealing with my recent drug problem
 
2 Apr 2011    How to make up for lost time
 
7 Mar 2011    The Girl Scout cookie conspiracy
 
7 Mar 2011    Beware the idleness of March
 
19 Feb 2011    A waitress after my own heart
 
7 Feb 2011    What do I do if I catch my tail?
 
6 Feb 2011    Please, don't call me "Sweetie"
 
5 Feb 2011    It was an Apple fritter kind of week
 
22 Jan 2011    An American Idol I'm not
 
17 Jan 2011    Okay, enough with the cold, already
 
8 Jan 2011    Everything old is getting older still
 
1 Jan 2011    The amazing grace of "do-over," the art of second chance
 
27 Dec 2010    A new look at the old year
 
18 Dec 2010    ‘Twas the night before Christmas...
 
11 Dec 2010    The Christmasfication of our home
 
4 Dec 2010    Some things are just personal
 
27 Nov 2010    A post Thanksgiving wishbone
 
20 Nov 2010    Overstuffed and no one to blame
 
13 Nov 2010    Thanksgiving quandary: roast turkey or lame duck
 
6 Nov 2010    Something old and something deliciously new
 
30 Oct 2010    Silence of the phones
 
23 Oct 2010    One man's trick is another man's treat
 
16 Oct 2010    It was the worst of times and it was the worster of times
 
9 Oct 2010    Home has never been sweeter
 
2 Oct 2010    Restless in a strange pew
 
25 Sep 2010    How Time Flies When I Am In A Hurry
 
18 Sep 2010    Are you ready to grumble?
 
11 Sep 2010    Loco pastor burns his hand in loud protest
 
4 Sep 2010    Has anyone seen my Castle lately?
 
28 Aug 2010    Can I get an "Amen" for that?
 
21 Aug 2010    For whom the school bells toll
 
14 Aug 2010    When all is said and done, I’m still confused
 
8 Aug 2010    If the whole world were an Apple fritter who would need heaven?
 
31 Jul 2010    As summers go, this one is going
 
24 Jul 2010    So you think you can pray
 
17 Jul 2010    It's my party I'll sigh if I want to
 
16 Jul 2010    There’s something about a lazy summer afternoon
 
3 Jul 2010    The Last Hurrah of Summer
 
27 Jun 2010    Some patriotic reflections for the Fourth of July
 
12 Jun 2010    Things my father never told me
 
5 Jun 2010    One hand short of a handyman
 
29 May 2010    Be careful what you wish for
 
22 May 2010    The many excuses of a man in his midlife crisis
 
15 May 2010    Good intentions are only as good as the intender
 
8 May 2010    The mysterious wizardry of gadgetry
 
1 May 2010    God's greatest creation
 
24 Apr 2010    When you come to the end of the trail
 
17 Apr 2010    To rob or to be robbed, that is the question
 
11 Apr 2010    King of my castle for a day
 
3 Apr 2010    Where have all the men in white hats gone?
 
20 Mar 2010    Springing into a new season
 
20 Mar 2010    Now I know how Noah must have felt
 
20 Mar 2010    The Super Bowl benefits of complaining
 
27 Feb 2010    The Buck stops here and other political gibberish
 
20 Feb 2010    Please accept my apology
 
6 Feb 2010    Mother Nature’s cold shoulder revenge
 
30 Jan 2010    Some things are simply irreplaceable
 
23 Jan 2010    The end of all nonsense and other practical jokes
 
23 Jan 2010    Germed and frightfully dangerous
 
23 Jan 2010    Shivering me time away
 
2 Jan 2010    It's d?j? vu all over again
 
26 Dec 2009    Items not on my New Year's resolution list
 
12 Dec 2009    All I want for Christmas is to be left alone!
 
5 Dec 2009    Behold, the Christmas Grinch cometh
 
5 Dec 2009    My barbershop quandary
 
28 Nov 2009    To Choose or not to Choose, that is the Thanksgiving Quandary
 
14 Nov 2009    Pass the Pumpkin Pie, Please
 
10 Nov 2009    The summer in my rearview mirror
 
31 Oct 2009    The trials and triumphs of the chronically lazy
 
24 Oct 2009    One man's vegetable is another man's heartburn
 
17 Oct 2009    I dedicate this ice cream sundae to thee
 
10 Oct 2009    The sweet savor of revenge
 
4 Oct 2009    Having a “rice” time in the Philippines
 
26 Sep 2009    Grief is my traveling companion
 
19 Sep 2009    Now that I'm older, I'm still not wiser
 
12 Sep 2009    If it wasn't for grandparents
 
5 Sep 2009    Slow down and enjoy the journey
 
22 Aug 2009    The last of the summer whine
 
15 Aug 2009    And the heat goes on... and on... and on
 
8 Aug 2009    Birthdays, anniversaries and other things I usually forget
 
1 Aug 2009    A good time was had by all
 
25 Jul 2009    Dancing in the summer rain
 
18 Jul 2009    Things I have learned in my lifetime
 
11 Jul 2009    If I should ever grow up before I die
 
4 Jul 2009    Balancing the home budget is a three-ring circus
 
27 Jun 2009    Let's have a Fourth of July picnic
 
20 Jun 2009    Let the summer fun begin
 
13 Jun 2009    The Trials and Joys of Fatherhood
 
13 Jun 2009    Don't give me any of that doubletalk
 
13 Jun 2009    Understanding the Grandpa Rules
 
23 May 2009    Sick is as sick feels and I feels oh so sick
 
16 May 2009    Sowing my seed to the birds... or is it the turkeys
 
9 May 2009    My TV career viciously plucked from me
 
9 May 2009    Why mothers would make good politicians
 
9 May 2009    On the Road again and again and again
 
9 May 2009    From here to eternity and home again
 
11 Apr 2009    Why I am happy to pay my taxes and other mendacities
 
4 Apr 2009    For some, Easter is a hop and a skip
 
27 Mar 2009    A stimulus plan from the Parsonage
 
27 Mar 2009    The lion and the lamb controversy
 
7 Mar 2009    The proper etiquette for eating an ice cream sundae
 
28 Feb 2009    Let's play follow the weaver
 
28 Feb 2009    There’s a lot to be said for boredom
 
14 Feb 2009    The Question of the Disappearing Ice Cream
 
14 Feb 2009    A Box of Valentine Chocolates Never Misses Its Target
 
31 Jan 2009    "I've Done Nothing Wrong" and Other Famous Last Words
 
24 Jan 2009    Don't Mess with My Peanut Butter
 
17 Jan 2009    New Year, New President, Same Old Problems
 
10 Jan 2009    Looking for Money in All the Wrong Pockets
 
3 Jan 2009    Organization is not all it's stacked up to be
 
28 Dec 2008    With Friends like Mine Who Needs a Diet?
 
20 Dec 2008    Is There Any Christmas Cheer Left?
 
15 Dec 2008    A Christmas Trophy Worth The Trouble
 
8 Dec 2008    Troubling News from the North Pole
 
1 Dec 2008    Striving to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude
 
24 Nov 2008    Turkey in the Straw: The Amuse-icle
 
17 Nov 2008    Dealing with the Post Election Blues
 
10 Nov 2008    We Got to Hand It to the Women
 
8 Nov 2008    How to Pray for the New President
 
27 Oct 2008    The Many Funny Faces of the Season
 
20 Oct 2008    The Sure Cure for Poly-Ticks
 
13 Oct 2008    And the Knucklehead Award Goes to...
 
6 Oct 2008    This Little Piggy-Bank Went to Market
 
29 Sep 2008    Pennies from Heaven or Billions from Washington
 
22 Sep 2008    More Than Just The Summertime Blues
 
15 Sep 2008    First-class Altitude with Gratitude
 
6 Sep 2008    Stuck between a Virus and a Varmint
 
1 Sep 2008    Don’t Quote the Bible to Me
 
27 Aug 2008    Dream Job Turns Nightmare
 
18 Aug 2008    Man Sues God, God Counter-sues
 
12 Aug 2008    The All Things to All People Politician
 
4 Aug 2008    Whatever Happened to Those Lazy Days of Summer?
 
29 Jul 2008    The Ominous Signs of Our Times
 
25 Jul 2008    My Crazy World of Distractions
 
10 Jul 2008    Coping with the Tyranny of Great Expectations
 
5 Jul 2008    Let freedom wring its hands in anguish
 
23 Jun 2008    To Stink, or Not to Stink, That is the Question
 
16 Jun 2008    Why Women Live Longer Than Men
 
16 Jun 2008    Solving the Mystery of Picking a President
 
16 Jun 2008    Who's That Rapping, Rapping At My Door?
 
30 May 2008    The Inconvenience of Improvements
 
23 May 2008    Wanted: a slightly misused hobby
 
17 May 2008    Old-Fashioned Democracy In Action
 
17 May 2008    Mothers Universal Contribution to Society
 
2 May 2008    What I Want in a President
 
29 Apr 2008    Oh, dem golden tones of silence
 
29 Apr 2008    A Tribute to the Common Germ
 
8 Apr 2008    Dancing The Rebate Rumba
 
4 Apr 2008    Why are powerful men drawn to prostitution?
 
28 Mar 2008    The Mixed-up World of Politics and Religion
 
28 Mar 2008    Oh, for the life of Rip van Winkle
 
26 Mar 2008    Does eHarmony.com know something I don't?
 
22 Mar 2008    For Sale: One Lying Bathroom Mirror
 
21 Mar 2008    Cupid Missed His Mail Order Mark