The End at the Beginning →

December 28, 2017

Four stories that I wrote some time ago, about gain, loss, and what was to come.

The It's A Wonderful Life Rally

December 10, 2017

Let me tell you all something. I gave this rally a lot of thought about how we could make it special. I really wanted all our friends who attended to have more than a good time. I wanted them to feel something while there. I wanted them to feel close to their other members. I intended for this rally to use the Christmas season and the It’s a Wonderful Life story to reinforce the need for friends and family.

Matters Of The Heart

November 7, 2017

Diane and I have a saying that started after our grand boys came along. We used it on them (and they would use it back if necessary) if one of them or I (Diane has complaints but never whines about anything) mumbled and groused about something.

“Whining is not attractive”

There Be Dragons! (and other stories)

July 1, 2017

The majority of us live our lives somewhere in between the sweet life and the habitation of dragons. We come into this world empty headed (and that is a good thing) and as we grow we learn that life has its pleasures and its pains.

My Dad's backyard with our first coach, taken in May 2005

Not So Good Coach Moments

June 27, 2017

We have all had them, those moments when we are so overjoyed to be motorhome owners and those other moments, the ones where you take a deep breath and ask yourself:

"Why did I ever buy this big blasted thing?"

Who is Rescuing Who?

June 16, 2017

I can't remember the exact quote, but at the end of the movie Seabiscuit, there is a line something like this:

We may have saved a banged up life, but the truth is we found each other and he saved us. The truth is we may have saved each other.

It was supposed to turn out like this, but ......

Don't Cry Over Spilt Soup!

June 15, 2017

Some of my dear readers and friends have heard or read this story before. However, many people keep asking me about it. Its short, not so sweet, but mildly amusing in a "can't believe that happened" sort of way.

My Aunt Hazel →

May 29, 2017

All the members of the Parker family are very special to me. Which brings me to my Aunt Hazel.

Charleston and Home

May 24, 2017

We left Kissimmee on the ninth of April, the day before Diane's birthday. We drove to St Mary's Georgia.

Months 2, 3, 4, and another Magical Day

May 22, 2017

For most of the month of February the three of us were parked on a live oak covered lot at Sunshine RV Resort, an Encore Park in Vero Beach. We choose to stay there because we wanted to see our daughter Jeri race in the Publix Florida Half-Marathon in Melbourne.

Tarpon Spring Sponges, I bought one with a handle.

January and Disney World!

May 13, 2017

2017 has been a very busy year, at least for the first three months. The Fourth one has been wet, very wet, but more about that later. The first one was good. Diane and I are finding out that retirement and being Snowbirds ain't bad, ain't bad at all.

My Favorite Things (then)

May 7, 2017

It’s been twenty years since I wrote this and seven years since I first posted it here on my blog. Diane came across it and I think it is worth updating a bit and posting again.

A couple of days ago, I started to clean old document files off my laptop. For a computer geek like myself, this is a bit like cleaning out my closet. I may not need a certain shirt, it has a stain, or it doesn’t fit, it needs to go, but I still want to hang on to it.

Looking Up

March 10, 2017

I am not sure if taking pictures of a Great Horned Owl nesting in a large live oak over our coach made me think of this old FMCA blog entry or not, but if it did then that is okay. I wrote it not long after we lost our grandson.

Four Months in Pictures

February 17, 2017

September started out with a bang! The weather turned cool, which was great after having a very wet and hot August.

Half of the Second Half: More Pictures

February 15, 2017

June, July, August. I took a lot of pictures because our life in the mountains provided a lot of great opportunities to do so. The rest of the year was even better...you will see!

I'm Not a Praying Man....

February 14, 2017

The movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” starts with snow falling over Bedford Falls, and the sound of people engaged in fervent prayer. These prayers to God in Heaven are coming from many of George Bailey’s friends and almost all of his family.

Half a Year in Pictures

November 28, 2016

I thought I could tell another story, using pictures. This story is about what we have done, and where we have been the first half of this past year. Take a look if you please.

Full Circle! (The Buyers Are Forgiven)

November 24, 2016

Diane and I have come full circle...we find ourselves back in Colonial Williamsburg, at the Anvil Campground, the place where we started our full-time adventure just about a year ago.

No Power! (Buyers from Perdition Part 2)

September 6, 2016

The house was empty. Well, not quite. The rooms were full of memories and anger, my anger. I was mad at all the people who were jerking us around, and at God who was allowing them to do so.

Southern Highlands Folk Art Center Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville

Where is my wallet? (The Buyers From Perdition Part 1)

August 9, 2016

I was in a panic condition….my head was buried in one of my wardrobe drawers looking desperately for my wallet, which of course, contained all my credit cards, driver's license and other important pieces of plastic.