Have you ever stayed at a Bed & Breakfast?
Here in Wheeling, we have several old Victorians that have been restored and made into B&Bs, and they’re great.  A guy I know fairly well and his girlfriend actually worked as hosts in one of them a few years ago, staying there rent free in exchange for […]

I wonder just how long a pomeranian can carry a grudge.
We went to visit some friends tonight, and they always walk their dog every evening.  BJ decided I should take the two youngsters (Jolson and Buddy) and walk, too.  You see, the other three don’t usually wear their collars because they stay close to us, […]

I’m 5′11″ tall and weigh about 140 pounds, so the thought of taking diet pills has never really crossed my mind. However, I know a lot of people who do try all sorts of weight loss plans, including that new Alli stuff.
I’m sure you’ve heard about it, but do you know what it does?  […]

This is one of my least favorite weekends of the year.
Here’s why.
Jamboree in the Hills is in full swing across the river in  St. Clairsville, Ohio.  Billed as “The Super Bowl of Country Music,” it’s actually a collection of nearly a hundred thousand screaming fans who show up for a week-long party in the mud, […]

One of those strange, sad little ironies about life is that the more in need of health care we are, the less we’re in a position to afford it.
One way companies have been saving money is by cutting employee benefits, most notably health insurance. The number of employers who don’t even offer their employees […]

…but there IS such a thing as free water!
BJ and I were driving along northbound on the main drag here, good old Route 2, through a community called Warwood yesterday when we noticed a small girl (she must have been all of ten years old) holding a big yellow sign with bold black letters: […]

My blog buddy Tony over at BlogCatalog has asked that I write a post today to help raise global awareness about organ donation.  I couldn’t be happier about honoring that request.
Why?  Because organ donation has saved the life of one of my family members.
My niece Mischelle has had kidney problems for most of her life.  […]

I’ve decided to return to teaching, at least part time.
I got a call yesterday from Maureen at our local community college, offering me a class to teach this fall.  I stopped down today to talk to her.  I took it.
The best part is that now, if the college opens up any new sections of English […]

How sweet it is!
JR is my hero this week, after installing the new circuit breaker box with 100-amp service into the camper this Saturday.  Moving up from 20 amps is just too huge for words.
First, the coffee maker is remarkably fast now.  Here all this time I just thought it was slow because it was […]

Have you been watching “Ice Road Truckers” on the History Channel?
These guys are hauling equipment over frozen lakes in northern Canada to some diamond mines near the Arctic Circle, and they have to do it before the road thaws.   I think they’re nuts.
They have to drive slowly in 40-below-zero weather, all the while worrying […]