“It is impossible to say at what age a New England country-boy becomes conscious that his trousers-legs are too short, and is anxious about the part of his hair and the fit of his woman-made roundabout. These harrowing thoughts come to him later than to the city lad. At least, a generation ago he served
I happened upon this at Instapundit.com It’s one of my favorite songs, too. The most requested song on Kampala’s Radio One station, from listeners of all ages, is Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colours. When the BBC told her, she said it’s her favourite too and it touches on universal emotions. “We all have been
Read not to contradict nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. –Francis Bacon Essays: I. Of Studies (1597) In addition to being the Day After the Super Bowl and Groundhog Day and Candlemas, today is the First Monday of the Month– and you know what that means, don’t you? It means it was just another
Miss M went to town yesterday and got stuck in a traffic jam.She said they trotted right past her car window but she couldn’t snap a photo because she was, you know, driving!
here in Mississippi. I will schedule this to post just after midnight on the morning of the 27th– HA! how funny is that? I decide to take a month off and I start the month on the next to the last day of the only month of the year that doesn’t have 30 or 31
We crossed this bridge, turned right off the main road, went under the bridge, saw this (someone “lives” there– there was music playing), looked ahead and saw this. I commented, “This is a flood waiting to happen.” Mr. Big Food agreed. No kidding! By the way– Arkansas is even less densely populated than Mississippi. Arkansas
This was very good. There’s a previous post about Portuguese Chicken in a Clay Pot. We’ve had a lot of good food lately and I am behind on posting recipes. Expect a barrage come Monday. I’ve already started my list of “RECIPES NEEDED” (I tend to write in all caps) based on photographs of food
Courtesy Wikipaintings.org I have a new essay out in our little weekly newspaper. It’s online at the paper’s site but behind a paywall– you may want to subscribe so you so you can keep up with what’s happening. (Extra! Extra! There was an arrest made in the school flag theft!)The essay is also available
Once– it is a thought which troubles us– once it was a simple enough matter to be a human being, but now it is deeply difficult; because life was once simple, but it is now complex, confused, multifarious. Haste, anxiety, preoccupation, the need to specialize and make machines of ourselves, have transformed the once simple
I confess that I almost never think about Plato. Aristotle, sure. But Plato? Plato’s rough draft was titled, “The Allegory of the Shadow-Box.” –Mr. Big Food I wonder what Plato’s allegory would look like? –Daughter C “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse” is an allegory for my life for more than a few years
Good. Grief. Daughter C and Miss M went on a run. They didn’t even leave at the same time but they all arrived home together. I gave it water. That’s all I’m doing.C&M are doing some clever combination of google maps and reverse phone number look up. We are all pretty sure he belongs somewhere
Small Town Mississippi City Offices, can I help you?” “Good morning. We have no water. Is it us or is it everybody?’ Laughter. “It’s Everybody. There’s a broke line. They’re working on it.” “Okay! Thank you!” From the way she said it, it sounds more like they’re working on finding it than actually working on
They’re always good for a laugh, aren’t they? Quoting at length from The Washington Post because it’s just too rich. Is a rabid fox ‘a really good sign’ for the city?By Annys Shin and Theresa Vargas,February 14, 2013 A rabid fox bit a young mother on the leg this week as she crossed a road in
We– Mr. Big Food, Daughter C., Miss M. and I– invited some friends and colleagues out to Farther Along Farm for Sunday Brunch to mark the occasion of another successful event at State. Kudos to The Bart Man who orchestrated the event‘s Main Events. Mr. Big Food thought it would be fun to treat our
Commuters’ wasted time in traffic costs $121BBy CHRIS TOMLINSON | Associated Press – 5 hrs ago AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An annual study of national driving patterns shows that Americans spent 5.5 billion additional hours sitting in traffic in 2011. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute released a report Tuesday that found Americans are adapting to
My task was to inspect the perimeter fence. I’m happy to report that it is intact. This fenced-in over-grown pasture is adjacent to the Pond Pasture, as you’ll see. It’s a quite large area that we’ve purposefully let go. It’s quite pretty, too. This tree line separates this pasture from the Hidden pasture. There’s a
I bought two more yesterday. $4.63 to the children; $0.32 to the state I love The Palmer Home Thrift Store where every penny I spend except those that go to the Sovereign State of Mississippi goes to The Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, Mississippi. I buy a lot of books there. Palmer Home for Children
Some danged BIG berries! (Photo taken with my phone.) Since last Thursday, I’ve been told by a reliable authority the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (part of the United States Department of Commerce) that it will begin raining today and will continue to rain through Friday. I was also told to expect frigid temperatures late
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