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The Proudest Grandad Ever – a newspaper article from December 2017.

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Words cannot tell how much I love my grandkids. Every single one of them are so different but each is just as special as the other. I cannot wait for us to gather later this month to take our first picture together with all 10 of them. (We finally got the portrait made with all the grandkids and us – even got it hung – Nov 2018) This link is to a article in the Austin American Newspaper http://www.mystatesman.com/sports/high-school/faces-off-the-field-emma-lewis-burnet-junior-shooting-guard/d8FvDkDabKYLVXpjyYJTtI/ What’s your favorite memory of playing basketball for Burnet? Being invited by (Bulldogs) coach (Doug) Messer to join the varsity basketball … Continue reading The Proudest Grandad Ever – a newspaper article from December 2017.

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Circling 4-Wheelers

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Back in the winter of 1984, Kenny had a deer lease on several thousand acres of south Texas land between Laredo and Freer. He was so gracious to ask me down a few times. (or anytime I wanted to come). Given when that was, Kenny was almost 35 years old and I’m two and a half years younger. On one trip, when several people were also there for a weekend, but all still out hunting one morning, he and I both arrived back at camp, a nice house actually, on our Suzuki 4-wheelers. They were a matched set of machines. … Continue reading Circling 4-Wheelers

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Is It Bell’s Palsy or a Stoke ?

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While we were living in Corpus Christi, I was home alone. I hadn’t slept well, but what’s new. I got up and went down stairs and made myself a cup of coffee. I went over and took a seat in my easy chair where I would be waiting for the sun to rise over Corpus Christi Bay. I was dressed in my usual attire for the coast, shorts and a tee shirt. As I started to sip my coffee I started to notice that my mouth wasn’t working exactly right. I’ve been drinking coffee for almost 50 years and this … Continue reading Is It Bell’s Palsy or a Stoke ?

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Glenn The Fuel Truck Driver 2 (how and why he was hired)

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After reading the story “Glenn The Fuel Truck Driver” written by my father earlier I felt the need to elaborate a little. At the time I was watching over the equipment and trucking fleet for Lewis Contractors. We were struggling to find a good Oiler to drive our fuel truck. Working as an Oiler is interesting to say the least. Everything you touch is laced in grease, mud, diesel and red hot to the touch.  It’s back breaking work crawling up and down the equipment and into tight spaces and the job consist of doing this dozens of times each day. I’ve … Continue reading Glenn The Fuel Truck Driver 2 (how and why he was hired)

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Me and WordPress

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I’ve been writing stories and sharing my random thoughts for several years on Facebook. It was suggested to me yesterday by my son Mike that I could simplify my life greatly by creating a WordPress account instead of directly entering everything directly into Facebook. So here I go. I now have my account setup and the typing on my iPhone seems easy and it’s certainly easier to read. So in coming days, hopefully this old dog will learn a few new tricks and make my life easier at the same time. So now I’ll publish this trial run and see … Continue reading Me and WordPress