From the Porch

All I can say is that it's been a smokin' hot time. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

How my red-headed nephew made for a Sunday we'll never forget - thanks to a twenty-five cent gummy vending toy. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

How in the world do those Honeybees make it through the cold winter?   Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

The story of our upside-down Thanksgiving a couple years ago .  .  .   Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

So, what happens to cats when they die?  I walk through the day Mom put down Toni her beloved cat.   Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Our young red-haired and freckled nephew Cory once again saw to it that our Sunday morning was not boring. Oh, no sir! Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

It takes a long time to grow and old friend Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

A reflection on decades we have known Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Oh, got bitten by a possibly rabid coyote, and now have a super power thanks to my rabies shots.  And you? Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Another Cory Story about an endless parade of pets and their misadventures. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Piano solos, toddlers in lamb costumes rolling down the aisle, a baby doll Jesus, and a sweet moment of reflection. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

The drones serve one purpose, and one purpose only. Come fall, their sister bees have had enough and do a bit of housecleaning.  Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

In the Apocolypse movies, the zombies come and get you after dark. Well, in our case, darkness was our friend on the day the bees came to visit! Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Wow, we never expected this one!  But it's been ten years, and a victory worth celebrating. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Well, retirement is finally off to a good start. Toilet is fixed. Honey harvested and bottled. Time now to tear down the chicken coop.  Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Julie was five years old. She was going to start Kindergarten, and it was time to get her shots. But Julie didn't think she liked that idea. The Doctor, the nurses, and, well, the entire staff soon learned she really did mean it when she said "no!"  Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Well, let's just say retirement got off to a bit of a rough start. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

This is it. Stepping off the proverbial cliff.   Gathering the 401K and Pension. Turning in the keys and trading them in for an extended morning coffe on the porch.  Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Two little boys, two vivid imaginations, and a wild midnight encounter with "the burgler." Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

The story of an unwanted birthday guest, and the gift we'll never forget! Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

You can't make these things up.  Cory, you made our lives so much fun. This is what happened one Sunday. . .  Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

The worst van in history. Or maybe it was so bad it was good, for the memories it made. My story about our Ford Aerostar Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Laundry. It never ends. But I heard something one day that changed my perspective forever. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

My Mom is fearless. And after you hear this story, you will know I speak the truth. Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!

Coffee. Brown gold. The reason for getting up in the morning. The reason I can't sleep at night.  Coffee.  As an unknown wise person once said, "Everyone should believe in something. I believe I will have another coffee." Enjoying the podcast?  Please "Follow" and share with your friends!