Category: BigDangDeal

Binoculars are quite the thing, aren’t they? We have a few pairs, here and there. You see, we live with about 150 acres around us. In the country. So we get the wildlife. And we love to watch that wildlife.

I read a local news story a couple of days ago. It was about a guy who stole a car. The report gets better. The aforementioned guy, from here in Eaton, Ohio, was in the Walmart Parking Lot. He got

Okay. I resolve. With all my heart, to….. Oil all the door hinges in the house. Eat more oatmeal. Memorize four more digits of Pi. Find three good rocks a month. Put up “Missing” posters for Jimmy Hoffa. Again. Whistle.

I am writing this in the early morning. As opposed to last night, before sleep. As we approach another new year, how is any of it different, really? Always a big celebration, this new year business. But for most of

A good time to take a break. =========== “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done

There’s this guy named Tony. Well, probably not. His real name was Antoine Lumiere. French. Like a Fry. Or Onion Soup. Anyway, in 1894, Antoine saw a demonstration of Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope. The Kinetoscope. For those of you unfamiliar with

It was that exact moment, when the bubble broke the surface tension of the water. The all of it had reached 212 degrees Fahrenheit. And the first little bead, worked its way from the bottom of the pot, and thrust

There is a lot to be said for being privy to the joke. Being in on it. Having the awareness of the farce. Knowing there is a hoosegow. Horseplay. Buffoonery. I like a good Buffoonery from time to time.  As

Birds. I like ‘em. All the different kinds. I cannot think of one single bird I do not care for. I even have an appreciation for the Buzzard, or Turkey Vulture. I am not alone in this. In fact, it

“And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say – that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day. And then – the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches, plus