Posted by mcm0704 on July 8, 2020 |
∞ It’s next to impossible for a writer to not bring the current pandemic into his or her writing now’a days, and Slim Randles is right there with the rest of us. It’s been fun seeing the pandemic through the eyes of the guys at the Mule Barn Truck stop, especially from good ol’ Windy. Before […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on June 24, 2020 |
∞ Well, it’s Wednesday again, and here’s Slim Randles with another bit of fun with Windy Wilson. If the social limitations of the current pandemic are starting wear down your coping skills, you have nothing on good ol’ Windy. He of the fractured English and limited social graces that make the guys down at the Mule-Barn […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on May 27, 2020 |
∞ Before I turn the blog over to Slim Randles for his Wednesday’s Guest post, I just have to take a moment to stop and remember George Floyd, the man who was so callously killed by a Minnesota police officer on Monday. Floyd was being arrested as a suspect in a forgery case, and after he […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on May 20, 2020 |
∞ Please help me welcome Slim Randles as my Wednesday’s Guest. He’s here today with another thoughtful piece about Spring and how some of the folks that frequent the Mule Barn Truck Stop are enjoying pleasant evenings in May. It’s been pleasant here in my corner of the world, too. Evenings and early mornings have been […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on May 13, 2020 |
∞ Happy Wednesday everyone. It’s been a rough few days for me with the lingering pain in my head from the Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, so I’m glad that Slim Randles continues to send things my way to post. So, grab your favorite beverage to go with this sweet roll and enjoy… Like a doctor removing something […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on May 6, 2020 |
∞ These lilies come back in my front flower pots every year, and they just recently bloomed. They were the first plant I bought to add to this little rock garden along the side of my garage at my new house two years ago, and I now have two pots of them blooming. Now I’m going […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on April 22, 2020 |
∞ Today I have a different Wednesday’s Guest, Brenan from the company ElephantStock.com is here to offer some tips on sprucing up your work space. If you click on the link, check out the amazing painting of a hummingbird. But come right back. 🙂 While emailing with other writers and reading their blogs and Facebook posts, I’ve […]
Tags: art, books, decor, ElephantStock.com, guest blog, guest blogger, maryann miller, plants, wall art, wednesday's guest, writing
Posted by mcm0704 on April 15, 2020 |
∞ Maybe it’s the time of year. Or the challenges we are all facing with uncertainties that are out of our control. Or just the fact that sometime Slim Randles gets very thoughtful in what he writes. He is more than a humorist after all, and through the years that I’ve gotten to know him by […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on April 8, 2020 |
∞ Slim Randles is my guest today with an essay about Spring that encapsulates how many of us view this season of the year – new growth, new hope, new wonder. In the spirit of all that is wonderful about Spring, here is a picture of some wild flowers that pop up everywhere here in my […]
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Posted by mcm0704 on April 1, 2020 |
∞ Slim Randles is here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest with an entertaining story about rain and storms. When was the last time you said “thank you” for the rain? Before I turn the blog over to Slim, however, I do want to take a moment to remember my father who died on April 1, 2010. I’ll […]
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Dealing With the Pandemic
It’s next to impossible for a writer to not bring the current pandemic into his or her writing now’a days, and Slim Randles is right there with the rest of us. It’s been fun seeing the pandemic through the eyes of the guys at the Mule Barn Truck stop, especially from good ol’ Windy. Before […]
Tags: books, contest, cowboy humor, family, guest blog, guest blogger, Home Country, humor, maryann miller, mystery, Open Season, Slim Randles, wednesday's guest, writing