Facing the Babe
Facing the Babe On April 2, 1931 the Chattanooga Lookouts, a Class AA minor league baseball team, was scheduled to face the New York Yankees in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taking on the Yanks…
Facing the Babe On April 2, 1931 the Chattanooga Lookouts, a Class AA minor league baseball team, was scheduled to face the New York Yankees in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taking on the Yanks…
Goodbye Paradise I had other plans for my next post, but I ran across a poem on one of the facebook pages I’ve recently joined. I do like poetry, but I find most…
An Electrifying Experience What could possess someone who has been in a job for just a couple years and earned very little vacation time to use two weeks of that precious vacation time…
Jolly and Her Invisible Children When someone has been through as much as Jolly Grace Okot has, it’s understandable that they might be a little strange. Being female in the Acholi tribe of Uganda,…
Uncle Urban’s Deer I’m a member of several Facebook pages dedicated to a variety of subjects. About a week ago I noticed that a friend of mine had joined “Missouri Hunting”. One of Joey…
In Dog Years, I’d be Dead! Yep, today is my birthday. I’ve hit the big six-oh. That’s a pretty significant accomplishment for a guy who seems to have spent much of his time…
Speechless Seventy six years ago today, in the early morning hours, Japanese bombers attacked the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Though intended to cripple the American fleet, the sneak attack instead propelled…
Candy and the Semicolon Annie and I were visiting Rome, Georgia recently to celebrate our grandson Richard’s third birthday. One of our favorite places to eat breakfast there is Huddle House. In a…