Stalking The Wild Ozarks Tchotchke – Earlier Expeditions I introduced the world to my mother’s home and its contents in an earlier post, In My Mother’s House Are Many Tchotchkes, with this description: For youContinue reading
Category: Self-Referential
self-indulgent, self-aggrandizing, self-explanatory, self, self, self, …
CYOKAMO, The Finest Christian Camp (Song) I Know
You’ll find a bit of heaven there At old CYOKAMO Camp CYOKAMO When DrHGuy was a youngster,1 attending a week of CYOKAMO2 church camp was a recurrent feature in his summer schedule. Located near Alba,Continue reading
Epiphany: Unrealistic Expectations Acquired From TV’s Widowed Fathers
About That Epiphany OK, my epiphany lacks the drama and impact of that experienced by Saul of Tarsus, who was on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians, when he had an encounter of theContinue reading
Married To An Author In Search Of A Character
From Teacher To Businessman To Author After a career that encompassed teaching at the university level, working as an assistant marketing manager of a bank, managing a corporate division of marketing research at what wasContinue reading
There Must Be 50 Ways To Leave Your Walker
I Know Some Of You Saw It Coming I am writing to let you that, after a one week trial separation, My Walker1 (nee Assistive Walking Device) and I have officially decided go ourContinue reading
Adventures In Grown Up Dating – The Warm-Up Guy
Perhaps it’s only statistical serendipity1 or karma2 or maybe, just maybe, I’m special.3 Warm-up Guys: Jimmi Hendrix, John The Baptist, Frog Prince … & Me I am, it seems, following in a hallowed tradition thatContinue reading
Baby Boy Showalter Delivery Hospital Bill: $77.00
Working on my mother’s estate following her death, I came across the 1949 hospital billing for my birth. My mother was the hospital’s “guest” on the fourth day of her stay (perhaps because she wasContinue reading
