Today will be a better day. 

We need to ditch all three of our semi-functional cars in exchange for one safe, reliable form of transportation. We can’t keep driving the car with broken fuel line but it is going to cost more to repair than the blue book value of the car. That particular car has been a source of problems […]

I have to Tommy has to make a model of the “Trojan Horse” before Thursday. Paper mache won’t work. Clay won’t work. Google searches don’t give me any ideas. Why can’t we just do another leaf collection? I’ve We’ve done that project so many times I we have it perfected. Tommy is suspended from school […]

The clock on my computer slowly loses time so, the longer I sit Blog surfing, the less time I’ve actually wasted.

Since I stopped the story-telling weekend early, I get to talk about the wonderful book that I have in my hands. It’s called “Scavenger Hike Adventures” and is full of clues to help find interesting pieces of history along the trails in the Smoky Mountains. It is a very clever teaching tool disguised as a […]

I think that telling Martin stories was a bad idea. Most of the stories fall into two categories. Category one is the family and funeral stories which are pretty boring. Category two is the first time away from my protective Southern Baptist parents’ home stories that I’m just not going to tell. So, I’ll finish […]

About nine years ago, my father’s extended family gathered together for a huge family reunion in Martin. Family that hadn’t seen each other for years and longer were going to be there for a weekend of food and fun. I had the brilliant idea that our family make nametags. Not with our names though. My […]

I remember a girl I knew at UT-Martin who was beautiful all the way through to her soul with a genuine kindness and compassion that is rare in this world. One November Friday I wanted her to come home with me to Memphis for the weekend but as the day wore on I got tired […]

I think I’ll tell UT-Martin stories this weekend. I’ll start with one about someone who was one of my favorite people. KC was a genius who should have gotten a PHD in Philosophy instead of his Master’s in Music Education. He worked his way through school by working at Hardees, which was one of the […]

Ongoing LOST discussion – Big Orange Michael said it all. This episode was a wonderful treat that waited until the end to twist things around and make you re-think your theories. In the beginning I fretted over watching Smallville and LOST, but I am totally hooked on LOST. This is a very clever, well-written show. […]