2012-10-09 21:44
I don't normally do this.In fact, I have never done this before.However, it is important enough for me to share with thoseWho follow my personal blog postings.You may not know that I also po… Read More
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After postings in Japan, Portugal, and Latvia, it is time for the Expat to come home. Problem is, where is home?
2012-09-29 20:08
I went to a college that did not permit dancing.This institution even went so far as to make each prospective student sign a pledge,Agreeing to said restriction in order to simply enroll in… Read More
2012-09-26 02:02
I am not sure where this photo above was taken.If memory serves, it is possibly in the check-out areaOf my newest local supermarket.On a Sunday afternoon.Dearest Joe is now in the midst of y… Read More
2012-09-21 22:30
How long does it take to become complacent?How long before you feel like you can just sit down, settle in, and make a place for yourself?And then, just when you think things are just swimmin… Read More
2012-05-02 15:14
Funny how things go in this life.As I mentioned in my last post, I have decided to hang up the shower curtain ringsSo to speak.No sooner than the decision emits from my mouth, and my current… Read More
2012-04-24 18:57
Had to make another swing through the Sooner State this past week.On my way to the last round-up, as it turns out to be.I am hanging up my shower curtain rings, you see.Deciding to take anot… Read More
2012-04-13 18:30
Recently, I have experienced a change in diet.As many of you who have endured this, it can be a trying experience.Oh, and by the way, I don't mean the culinary variety.You see, of late I hav… Read More
2012-03-31 15:03
We sold our house a year ago.As we began to look for alternative housing, I received a call from an old friend.He was leaving our fair country on assignment with his company,And needed house… Read More
2012-03-05 22:55
I watched the Joseph Campbell interview again this weekend,Managed so well by Bill MoyersSo many years ago now.He said that - true even in the late 1980s -Americans had lost their sense of m… Read More
2012-02-16 20:01
Once upon a time, I found myselfMarching through the icy corn stubble of Western KansasInvited, as I was, to a Texican-style pheasant huntTo engage yonder hapless fowl with the tools of the… Read More
2012-02-06 15:00
Don't you just love it when the underdog gets a win?When seemingly all is lost, foreverThe odds are stacked against themEveryone thinks the game is over, and suddenlyAn unsuspected blow is s… Read More
2012-02-04 13:06
I was on the road again yesterday,Up thar in the Texas Panhandle.Or, as they say in any other part of this state,"up yonder".Meeting with farmers, I wasOr so I intendedSince there was a meet… Read More
2012-01-24 21:14
There is something altogether painful about this, don't you think?Missing entirely.After giving so much effort to the process.And yet, well...The photo says so muchConveys so much feelingIn… Read More
2012-01-18 19:12
Oh, come on.You have to admit it.You miss him too, don't you?I know I do.Sometimes.I mean, now that we are all deciding who among usShould take the lead this time of year.Remember when he wa… Read More
2012-01-16 23:54
First, click on the song above.Thomas Newman is perfect for this recollection...I am never prepared for this when it happens dear friends.Somehow, with people like us, it just appears.……Read More
2012-01-04 22:45
I haven't been sleeping very well these days.Something about the garbage in, garbage out concept, perhapsJoe threatens to buy a Tazer and keep it beside the bedSeems that I have be… Read More
2011-12-29 21:40
Yes, all of my children, nieces, nephews, etc. just dread this day.It doesn't happen every year, you see.For the simple reason that I am not a Texan.Last year, I decided I preferred to wear… Read More
2011-12-21 20:54
It's Christmas!That's what my mother used to say in rejoinder to whateverMy brothers and I would offer in terms of hostility or negativityDuring the month of DecemberBack in the good old day… Read More
2011-12-12 23:21
I attended a Farm and Ranch Show this week.In Tulsa.Yes, me.In Oklahoma, just to the north of my house.You know, where I live in North Texas,Drove that direction, and set up my little sales… Read More
2011-12-07 15:31
Oh, hell.There it is again.Tugging at my leg.Sometimes catching a little bit of flesh, if I let it linger.Ouch.Hey, knock it off there, Fido!Particularly at this time of year, it comes aroun… Read More
2011-11-19 20:58
I know, hard to believe, isn't it?This is my four hundredth blog post.Not sure if it's something to celebrate, butIt is a nice round number.Blogging is sometimes a difficult art formYou neve… Read More
2011-11-16 21:54
Careful, there.You don't get very many touches, you know.And, you will have to share this with others when you get the chance.Maybe a lot of others.I recently met a man who was getting on in… Read More
2011-11-10 18:06
Please don't call me again.Why? Because it is too painful to talk with you anymore.It has been years now since I wore those kinds of clothes.Spoke that type of language.Flipped the rem… Read More
2011-11-04 22:18
For a precious few days, this stuff is pretty popular.Sits in the best place in the shopGets the most attentionPlentiful, colorful, attractiveSeems like this kind of exposure will go on fore… Read More
2011-10-30 19:23
I was stuck at the border this past week.So many borders, now that I think of it.Actually at a convergence of borders.Checking into a nearby hotel, only to findThat the nearest pl… Read More
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