Hats off to campers. I admire them and aspire to be more like them. But I’m not. I’m too old and achy to sleep on the ground by choice unless fallin’down drunk. I’ve had my share of camping trips, most enjoyably by the banks of a running river which lulled me to the land of…

Let’s face it: we’re all going a little crazy. We’ve been good – really really good. We’ve stayed home with our families for a solid year now. We’ve become intimate with our own houses in ways we never imagined possible. We’ve become more self-reliant, realized that less is more, and returned our focus for the…

My mind roams while my body is fenced in on yet another short cold gray day.  Winter just makes me sick, as in I can’t breathe and I’m in bed sick.  I’m don’t mind the cold, but it’s tough on me. I can only conclude I’m allergic to it because I’m southern. I must lack what it…

When the crickets in the trees sound like fire alarms in need of new batteries, I know it’s coming.  The last of the heat and humidity, a couple more weeks ‘til the color parade, then the dreaded end of daylight saving time. Time to take to the woods to torture the children with a cabin trip.  In…