INDEPENDENTLY SPEAKING

I’m not good with lawns.

I don’t understand why.

For thirty years, I managed to raise crops on 1,200 acres to help feed a hungry world, so you’d think that an acre of grass would be easy.

You’d be wrong.

We’re having a wedding here on the farm in October. It’s pretty excit...

I’m a normal person.

Okay, maybe a couple quirks, but all in all, sort of a regular guy.

So why do I have such strange dogs?

We had a storm over the weekend. Thunder, lightning, and a quick, hard rain. I looked through the hall window into the porch and found that the out...

Do you know the tv show “Naked and Afraid?”

If not, please, let me enlighten you.

I used to think it wasn’t an actual show, I thought I was seeing bogus commercials that advertised the craziest idea ever. It seemed like a concept that network executives come up with at 3...

A while ago a friend called and said she needed to talk to both my wife and me. We listened together on speakerphone as she told us that one of her friends had stated it was common knowledge that I was having an affair with someone who works at the courthouse.

Stop laug...

Last week was Harry Truman’s birthday.

He’s been dead for almost fifty years, so it wasn’t much of a party.

I sure miss him, though.

Oh, Harry. I miss you so much.

What I liked best about him was that he made himself more than he should have been. For instance, he was born...

There will be a lot of moms alone this Mother’s Day, what with the coronavirus and all. 

That’s a pity. Tough gig being a mom - they deserve a day.

Although, there are compensations. For one thing, as a mom or grandma, there’s no end to the potential for entertainment wh...

Don’t throw your cat.

I know we’re living in difficult times and you have many problems facing you.

None of those problems will be solved by throwing your cat.

The other morning, I was sipping a cup of coffee while reading about six newspapers, which is the way I start my...