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This time of year is absolute hell for me. I am not a work fanatic by any means but I do like to stay busy. If it is not real work work going on, I like to piddle around the Old Girl. When the weather gets raw, the work dries up and the outside activities are minimal. The 200 or so square feet of inside space get smaller by the day. This is nothing new Continue reading Idle Hands and Terminal Boredom Americans have a fine history of isolationism. It goes right back to Plymouth Rock and right up to Pearl harbor. The original George W(ashington) remarked it in his farewell address. “The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Continue reading The Way It Was… and now it isn’t Danny Taylor The following essay was posted to a Yahoo Group of Oak Ridge High School Alumni by me in 2004. Every year I amend it a bit, add a thought here or there and update it according to what the past year has allowed; always thinking I have lived another year and Danny didn’t. It has no RV related content and references (illegal) activities which have long since passed any statute of Continue reading Danny Taylor 1957 -2003 –another anniversary observed. Mud and Snow, Snow and Mud I guess I am pretty good at preachifying and handing out advice to readers of this blog. I do it all the time – just like the other day when I was talking about Winter Survival options. I was feeling pretty danged smug and sure of myself for real. Now don’t read me wrong here. The advice in that post was all good solid stuff based on Continue reading Pride Goeth Before A Fall  |