Focused vs. Diverse

I’ve posted before regarding some handy-dandy tips for blogging: Increase your blog traffic For beginning bloggers I spent time with a great friend this past weekend, Ralph Ramsey from Rowlett, Texas. He is anything but a blogger and so doesn’t…

Private blogging

There are several new blog services coming around, and I predict that many of the existing ones will incorporate these features soon. The main features that these new services offer is the ability to designate who is able to read…

Smell on wheels…

For those of you following the MiniVanMan saga, you’ll be interested to know this. Caro was transporting  4 huge pork loins this past Tuesday for the Tucker-Henson family funeral lunch. As she toodled around town proudly in her Sequoia, the…

Welcome Back…

Well, well, well… It looks like the blogosphere and friends have triumphed and been blessed at the same time. My incredible wifey has posted. She’s baaaaack. Thanks to you all for helping encourage her to resurrect her blog. You can…

A little help needed…

OK… this will be an under-handed, sneaky post. I’m sure to get in trouble for it at home. But here’s the deal. Carolyn – my wonderful, beloved and beautiful wife – (a necessary insert for the wrath this post may…

Books I’ve bought…

I recently told a friend that I had pretty much stopped buying a lot of books. From the time I made that comment till today, I have purchased the equivalent of one Wendy’s restaurant full of books. Dadgummit. I like…

Funeral freshman

In our small community of 10,000, there were two deaths over the weekend. One was Jordan Newman, a 24 year-old guy who died in a motocycle accident, after having just gotten the cycle the same day. The other was Martha…

Frenetic fragmentation

We’ve been on this journey together for a while now; however, to the new folks just sitting down on the logs beside the camp fire, welcome. Thanks for dropping by. You’re welcome to partake of some of Taylor’s nasty coffee…

Weekend posting…

I’ve been using Sitemeter to track my stats for a while now, and my stats always dip on the weekends. I wonder if that’s common? Of course, I rarely post anything significant on the weekends, and this post is no…