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That's very sad indeed, and I have no idea what would be permitted today at those pyramids. I do recall that it was harder to climb them than I'd expected. The steps are awkwardly large near the bottom, and toward the top they have eroded away, so you have to scramble up with your hands near the top...

Ah, so in part we have the pandemic to thank for Summerween! I recall, back in June of 2020, someone on line remarked, "Let's just put the tree up now and stick a fork in 2020, call it done." Those were crazy times for sure. No wonder everyone was craving holidays. Of course, that's the ye...

My mother was always hesitant about Holy Land tours for the very reasons you cite. But lots of people do go there. Our former minister"s wife said that her hairdresser goes every other year. When I was a teenager, my uncles gifted me with a Mexican tour to Mexico City, Taxco, and Acapulco. It w...

We have a friend who is a butcher at Kroger. He told us last year that they'd been ordered to put Halloween candy out in August, because Halloween candy is the biggest seller of the year. But I can't say I've ever seen it in July before. I'm not sure what my favorite is. Of course for me it would ha...

I just returned from Kroger, where I saw my first Halloween candy of the year. In July.

Oh, my phone makes so many "corrections" for me that my eyes just slipped right over that. It takes me several proof reads to catch them all, if I do. We are very blessed in America that our country spans a whole continent (and then some), so we can experience every climate and natural won...

You are such a good writer, HH. I especially enjoyed your descriptions of your private moments with your great aunt and your mother. So touching. My older son has been traveling extensively ever since he was in college. He loves Italy and has been there several times. He tells me Rome is in his opin...

Don't gloat!

We got rain this afternoon, and it didn't cool us down a bit. Everything just got steamy afterward.

We've had a more humid summer than usual. It's reminding me more of Mississippi than Tennessee.

Well, you make some good points. Yes, it's about commercialism, but at root its probably a craving for comfort, and maybe a turning away from the depressing and sometimes alarming news cycle. I guess, too, it's possible because most of us are no longer agricultural, and our seasonal holidays are ult...

Maybe it's because school starts here in early August (teachers go back the first, and students have a two-hour day the 6th), but our stores seem to be shifting over to autumn. I noticed in Kroger tonight, in addition to the school supplies that debuted on July 5th, they are now selling dried bouque...

Oh, HH, thanks so much for sharing both your FL trip and your European cruise with us! I am not at leisure to respond as it deserves, but I did read and enjoy every single word. I'll come back to this in a day or two.

One question--which cruise line did you choose?

Yeah, Hulk Hogan was 71, which doesn't sound as old to me now as it once did.

I really did laugh out loud at your grandpa's saying, HH. I know the reason Jesus tells us to forgive our enemies is for our own sakes, not theirs. It just poisons your life to live with bitterness and resentment. I remember the Eurythmics well, and Sweet Dreams was probably their signature song. I ...

Oh, my, I missed hearing about this. A couple of other celebrities have also passed recently, Malcolm Jamal Warner, of course, and a country singer/ songwriter named Helen Cornelous who is much lamented around here. I didn't know much about Ozzy, but my impression of him was that he was a bit of a c...

I of course grew up before the home video revolution. I love having my personal library of films I can watch whenever I Iike, but there are some things that were more special in the old days. When you could just watch The Wizard of Oz one day a year, and everyone else you knew was watching it, too, ...