The Thanksgiving holiday is over, and I made it without a mental breakdown. Grandma Peggy and I entertained the kids and the components of their families that could make it. The highlight of my day was saying Grace. I went off the deep end and veered into the political arena, but recovered quickly. I thanked [...]
Filed under: Cooking, family, Food, Warm and Fuzzy | Tagged: Christ, Cranberry sauce, God, Grace, Thanksgiving, Twitter, United States Department of Homeland Security | 4 Comments »
This is probably the longest spell I’ve had between posts since I began blogging. Something has happened to make my zeal for life, blogging, cartooning, and just plain living wane and fall into the universe. All I know is that it ain’t in my soul anymore. I even contemplated shutting down Grumpa Joe’s Place and [...]
Filed under: family, grief, Memories | Tagged: Christmas, depression, health, Holidays, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Thanksgiving, Winter | 8 Comments »
A car enthusiast friend of mine sent a link to a car auction that took place last weekend November 3,4,5, 2011. It is the Lee Hartung collection in Glenview, IL. I learned that Lee Hartung collected anything that interested him. Most of it dealt with transportation, i.e. cars, trucks, airplanes, motors, toy cars, bicycles, motor cycles, out board [...]
Filed under: economy, Hobbies, Hot Rods, Manufacturing | Tagged: Automotive industry, Chicago, Chicago metropolitan area, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Glenview, Glenview Cook County Illinois, Lee Hartung, United States, Wikipedia | Leave a Comment »
The devil made me do it. Earlier this summer I left a potato on the counter top too long. I had it there waiting to use it with a dinner. One day I looked at it and it had all these green sprouts protruding from the eyes. The great experiment began. My mother taught me [...]
Filed under: Biography, family, Food, Garden, Gardening, Grampa Jim | Tagged: Agriculture, Beefsteak, Idaho, Kitchen garden, Maine, Plant, Potato, Tomato, United States | Leave a Comment »
I often brag about my garden titled 2011 Monet Vision. I am proud of the scene I’ve created in my own little piece of the world. Today, I took another photograph for the record. Wait, what is wrong with the photo? Can you tell? This garden is in Frankfort, IL, and it is November 5. [...]
Filed under: Garden, Memories, Satire, Warm and Fuzzy | Tagged: Carbon Cycle, Carbon Dioxide, Claude Monet, Environment, Frankfort Illinois, Global, Temperature | 1 Comment »
