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When I was a girl, my father would drive to the service station and an attendant would come out to the pump, fill up the car for you, wash the windshield and offer to check the oil for you while the gas was flowing into the car. If your tires needed air, he would refill [...]
After hours of surfing the net looking for gift ideas for Mother’s Day, I finally found something unique and special that I can get for my Mom (and Dad gets to enjoy it with her!). Since they recently retired and downsized their home, they don’t need or want any more trinkets or knick knacks, and [...]
Back in the day, lawn ornaments consisted of concrete birdbaths, plastic pinwheels and a little painted concrete jockey dressed in his red and white silks. On the other side of the tracks you might find a yard with pink flamingos, a row of old tires painted white, and for some, a rusting heap of metal [...]
One of the tortured soul type of musicians that I’ve followed for a long time is Doyle Bramhall. He’s a drummer, a singer and a songwriter and he plays a mixture of rock and blues that grabs your heart and soul. Doyle’s music career started back in the 60′s with some guys he knew in [...]
Last year our Walgreen’s had a weird message on their street sign, “We Have Chicken Poop.” The first time I saw the sign, I thought what is up with chicken poop? Is is a new fertilizer for your garden? Is it some sick new dietary supplement? There was no other advertising, no TV commercials, no [...]