Part 2 - Checking out going to law school As I sat and talked with the Gulfport plaintiff attorney in the late winter of 1989, I told him I had recently thought about becoming a lawyer, but didn't know anything about it or how I could do it, if I did.He said he was a graduate [...]
[Note: I had my eyes dilated yesterday afternoon when I saw my retinologist, and they are still half-way dilated, making my vision really blurry. So, I'm starting off slow with my memoir of my legal career. Hope today's short post - you must read the links at the end to understand what is coming - [...]
Olive Riley has died. Why is that of importance to me or the world, you ask?Well, you see - according to the story on MSN online, the lively Australian lady of 108 was considered to be the world's oldest blogger. I couldn't connect with the first link they give in the article to her blog, [...]
As our trip from Picayune to Texas worked out Friday, July 4th, we ended up driving all of the way to Abilene late Friday night. We left home about 8 a.m. Friday morning and spent a long, boring day on the road up through the middle of Louisiana (Interstate 49) to Shreveport. There [...]
Hi, guys!I said I was going to post Tuesday or yesterday about some wild weather we experienced while in Biloxi over the weekend at the Mississippi Press Association convention, but ran into some technical difficulties. Tuesday I was still busy unpacking and straightening up from being gone and also spent the entire afternoon working on [...]
We're back home from the Mississippi Press Association's summer convention and had a blast! We went over to Biloxi to the lovely Beau Rivage early Thursday morning and got home yesterday (Sunday) afternoon about 2:30 p.m. We met and visited with a lot of our newspaper friends, ate lots of really good food and even [...]
There comes a time in life, and I've arrived there, when "saving" good things - the best, whatever it is - for "company" seems to be a loss of the lovely for each and every day. The one we're living now.I did not come to this realization on my own. As with most of the [...]
It's about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and cloudy, with very rumbly thunder. I sure hope it rains.It's been very hot the past couple of weeks, but dry (although the humidity is high, of course), which is very unusual for south Mississippi this time of year. Some afternoons you see a few clouds pop up, but [...]
Remember when I was asking for some good suggestions for dinner three or four weeks ago? (What Would You Suggest for Dinner?) You guys were great in responding and sent in some really good suggestions. Thanks so much for all of your dinner ideas. Reader JoAnn Glock commented to recommend chicken breasts cooked with pineapple, [...]
My son, Mark, and daughter-in-law, Lynn, have two blogs apiece, which you can see listed over on the right side of my page here. Lynn posts lots of pictures and videos of the three girls on one of hers (My Charmed Life), which I enjoy a lot, even though they live nearby. Her other one, [...]