OLD TIME FIDDLING!

OLD TIME FIDDLING!

We all need a hobby! Old time fiddling is considered kind of a genre, and the old tunes were derived from jigs and reels, breakdowns, Schottische, Waltz, Two-Step and Polka. These are the descendants of the original American styles, Appalachian, Bluegrass, Cajun....

SURVIVAL SECRETS, ANYONE?

Survival Secrets, anyone? Okay, I admit it. I was a woman 58 years old and going nowhere. Going nowhere fast, in my estimation, because I’d already lived over half my life. I’d lived long enough for a number of things to go awry. Survival secrets, anyone? One panicky...

MAGIC MUSHROOMS!

MAGIC MUSHROOMS! Is there a pill out there that will make me smarter? I’ll bet I’m not the only Baby Boomer searching for the Holy Grail of brain power! Some of us are beginning to wonder if we may be running on a slim margin. As it turns out, mushrooms are not just...

PICK UP THE PACE

How Fast You Walk Determines How Long You will live! Did you know that, as soon as you walk into the doctor’s office, she can assess your potential for long life? That’s without even checking your vitals! Oh, come on! I know I’m overweight, but this is ridiculous!...
DID YOU EVER SEE A NIGHT SO LONG?

DID YOU EVER SEE A NIGHT SO LONG?

This is a little off my track, but it’s Friday, after all! I got to thinking about a bar we visited once; I think it was in Texas or Oklahoma somewhere.This place was kind of a gritty, beat-up bar, where they smoked wherever they pleased and some people had...
SHOPPING FOR SHORTS

SHOPPING FOR SHORTS

I’m from Wisconsin, and I oughta know! We don’t wear shorts! Come on! Capris are daring enough. We have plenty of mosquitoes in Wisconsin. Then, there’s that cottage cheese thigh cellulite, Cheese Head’s country cousin. Honestly, what was there...