I don’t know if it was my pride that made me do it or my stubbornness.
Years ago, we visited Dollywood Splash Country with my cousin Lynda and her family. While our children and husbands were playing on the water attractions, we walked around the park. I noticed one that had three water tubes running down the hill into a large pool. Two were enclosed and twisted while and one was open and straight
“Hey, that looks like fun.” I pointed. “Do you want to try it?”
She smiled and answered, “No, but you can.”

I was checking Facebook the other day and came across this “hook”:

Meet the Waltons: The Bizarre Family Behind Walmart

There followed two comments:

“Hated Grandma on that show. She was so grouchy.
And why didn’t John Boy just come out of the closet?
Like we all didn’t know!”

“I remember the first Walmart open
in Rogers, Arkansas on July 2, 1969.”

When i was working full time and needed a dish for supper, I went to my pantry and selected a 12 ounce can of chicken breast. If you have that on hand, supper is easier and quicker to prepare. Or, you can slice a raw chicken bread in half and cook it in salted water, then chop it.

It is often assumed that small trees are young and large ones old. But I've seen large trees that were only 50 years old, and others the size of fence posts over 100. Individual trees grow at different rates based on their genetics and growing conditions.

The Horace Maynard Future Farmers of America Chapter Backpack for Kids Program got a big financial boost on Thursday, June 9, 2022, from Shooting Hunger. As the Back Packs for Kids Program Administrator. Lakin Booker received the $2700 check On hand for the presentation was Kristen Walker of the Tennessee Farm Bureau. Manager Cody Brown and Board President Eddie Thompso, and Joy Nease represented the Union County Farm Bureau. David Bunch from the Union County Farmers Coop and Ben Bradley of Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st also helped award the donation.

According to the Union County Clerk's office, Class A motorcycle registration will be $5.25 from July 1, 2022 and before June 30, 2023. Class B automobile registration will cost $35.25 which includes the Union County wheel tax during the same time period. All registration costs will resume to normal levels by July 1, 2023. The Clerk's office wants to clarify that vehicle registration is reduced for next fiscal year, but the registration is not free..

The old cliché says that a picture is worth a thousand words. Actually, an email from a friend revealed to me that thanks to current inflation, a picture is now worth only two hundred words, and as the price of everything else rises, the word value of a picture drops daily. Soon, words will be worth pictures!

Like everyone else, I have been getting a great many political cards and letters of late. Most of these go into my recycle bin, but I got one today that intrigued me for all the wrong reasons. Let me call this candidate Jane Smith. (And I am not for or against her views; just bear with me here.)

I had a very scary close encounter years ago with an E.T. at our first house. No, I didn’t come across any Extra Terrestrials such as Mr. Spock, Yoda or ALF. I came across a creature that some would label as “Extra Terrifying!”

Stuffed green peppers is a fancy way to serve ground beef and rice. Try this easy recipe and see for yourself.