General Douglas MacArthur
He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 26th, 1880. As a child he learned to ride and shoot before he could read and write. Those early days were spent in New Mexico where his father, Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, a Medal of Honor Recipient from the Civil War, was now commanding an infantry assigned to protect settlers and railroad workers from Indian attacks.
Please Don’t Call Security
Hello folks, it's a pleasure to see everyone gathered back together on my porch today. Have a seat, and let’s chat
Another round of the Caption Game, anyone?
Hey y'all, checking in quickly before I check out for the night. I've stuffed several days into one here trying to get ready for yet another road trip and the brain is officially shutting down. I'm going to let the brain cells marinate and go at the deadlines again in the a.m. For now, how about another round of the caption game? I'll go first.
ATS LIVE t/row! A Call-In Extravaganza with the Belles of Southern Belleview
Hey y'all! It's Sunday evening and I should be prepping for tomorrow's ATS LIVE radio show but, really now, that would imply that I might actually go by my notes, right? HAHAHAHA! Like that'll happen! Those of you loyal listeners know full well that ATS LIVE should come with a warning, but here it is for everyone else: Yeah, I would be the ham. :) Besides, I have even
Life Lessons from the ATS Baby Czars
Laugh with everything you've got Cuddling is good therapy Make do with what you've got Celebrate the small victories Stay in touch with those you love Take every opportunity to dance Indeed, my grands have taught me much, much more and I hope to be ever learning, but for now, the writer in me will leave you with this reminder
Sonny Gets His Wings
Several folks have written in asking about Cousin Sonny, who is well known for being so lazy he wouldn’t walk in his sleep. And, what’s worse, Sonny couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended on it. Personally, I wouldn’t believe the boy if he swore he was lying. But, y’all asked, so I called his folks. I can report that after thirty something years
Fannie Flagg
She was born in Birmingham, Alabama on September 21, 1941 and christened Patricia Neal. From the age of six she dreamed of becoming a writer, but the goal seemed unattainable. Patricia spent her school years and much of her adult life as an undiagnosed dyslexic. Words came easy. Getting them on paper was extremely difficult. During her early teens, Patricia discovered another outlet for that
Storystacking on ATS LIVE this evening. Winners, Guests, Chuckles, Oh my!
First things first, I need your help! I'm having a hard time getting my Facebook friends to take me seriously and it's putting their very social media lives on the line. I don't know what to do about it. I thought I'd mention this to y'all here on the blogosphere and see if y'all have any suggestions. It started when I noticed that many, many, many people
Templeton’s Weekend at the SIBA Fair
And now, without further ado, I bring you the promised SIBA report with a warning, I'm fairly sure I'm about to be major wordy
The High Potentate
One of my good friends has a child who was a hustler from birth! Lukey disappears for months at a time, and then he’ll resurface with his latest scheme. Last week one of my friend’s neighbors came back from vacationing in Washington, telling how they’d run across Lukey right there in the big city. His poor parents like to have keeled over and bought