Category: kites

I’m case you thought this “quarantine” time will drive you crazy. ..a wee bit of laughter might hold you over for a while!!!  Then we can get out the kites aain!!! From an anonymous UPS delivery driver… There are 5 types of customers since the “rona”:….. 1)   Steve:  He has been waiting for this moment his whole…

This quarantine is driving us all a bit nuts… You need to be careful, people are going crazy about being in lockdown. I’ve actually just been talking about this with the microwave and toaster while drinking coffee and all of us agreed things are getting worse. I didn’t mention anything to the washing machine as…

I know this event was way last spring….. but due to my sudden trip to the ER and subsequent stay in now more than three separate hospitals over the next few months, I failed to see that this  post was not published until today… so I did a final  edit and now  have published this…

It was such a pleasure to share the love of kites the other day. I was asked by the “Social Worker” here at the facility of my memory was “functional”…and my reply was I still knew the names of at least twenty types of kites, “does that count”??Then I said ” check I even have…

While this is primarily a “kite” blog, I recently ran across a bit of Texas history and thought to share. These days the government owned school system is totally geared to push all students into a “state university”. They are repeatedly told that is the only way they will be worth anything in the future…

  WITHDRAWAL–  A multi use word we see every day.  We make them from our bank accounts on an almost daily basis.  We talk about removing ourselves from a conversation as a withdrawal, or we back out of a proposed project or a business deal.  We have withdrawals if we are an  alcoholic  or substance…

My friend Billy sent this to me, enjoy! I went to the Home Depot recently while not being altogether sure that course of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I had prepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented ‘you’re definitely going to s**t yourself’ roadkill chili. Tasty stuff, albeit…

I had the following sent to me by a friend, it was immediately obvious it should be shared….. A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in awhile a $20 bill fell out onto the sidewalk. Noticing…

The other day we were discussing the 11,11,11 meaning and we agreed that most under the age of 30 would have NO CLUE what the significance was. In fact many young people lack knowledge of 911 other than the emergency switchboard…. So here I have the meaning of Veterans Day other than no school or…

A young lady confidently walked around the room while explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’… She fooled them all…. “How heavy is this glass of water?” she inquired with a smile. Answers called out…