Do you ever find yourself in the mood to see something beautiful or just need to get out of the house to break free from mundane day to day tasks...

What I am fixin’ to tell you now about a fascinating bird, is not what I learned from the ornithology professors in college and what they taught...

June 1st-Bryon Jackson, Ryder O'Connor 11, Keaton Jones 22 & Barbara Decker 43, 2nd-Graham Dellaert 5, Jacob Crouch 13, Quinton Searcy 30,...

Our one room schoolhouse teacher mother was one to model correct grammar and offer corrections to her children when needed. We didn’t need many....

My calendar for the month of May is filled up with activities! We have several birthdays in my family this month, also graduation is coming up...

Memorial Day is just around the corner, so it is time to give our history some thought. Most of us are related to one who immigrated to our...

I came across a booklet that my mother had from former teachers Bill and Sandy Aston. They called it THE LIGHT SIDE OF TEACHING AND OUR FOND...

Our one room schoolhouse teacher mother loved to read. She instilled a love of reading in us all. Nowadays I am too busy to sit and read an actual...

A collared dove came up to visit Lightnin’ Ridge yesterday. My wooded ridgetop is of little interest to him as far as a nesting site. Mourning...

You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to. I have a smart phone, smart tv, smart thermostat, smart fridge- making me the dumbest...

Birthdays: May 25th-Robin Smith, Hattie Maxwell 3 & Rick Vaughn 62, 26th-Megan Combs, Jerad Hembree, Rachel Daniel, Mary Farrington 51, Buddy...

“Liberty” needs some thought. Here is the “official” version from our Constitution. “...the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our...

Wishing each and every one of you Mother's a Happy Mother's Day. It is a special day for many reasons. I think of my great aunt Nina Rutherford...

Talked to a couple this week, they like my turn. I enjoy writing it, keep reading. Short and Sweet This Week Cowboy Wisdom, if you did not have...

Birthdays: May 18th-Canyon Carpenter 18 & Amanda Mitchell 40, 19th-Kelly Palmer, Weston Beasley 2, Lisa Meadows 57 & Larry McGuire 79,...