As Time Goes By

Possible Cause For about a week I've been suffering from a sharp pain in my lower right buttock which radiates down to my right shin. It has been so bad in fact that I went to see my Dr on Monday. He did some basic tests plus an xray. He speculated that it might be a pinched nerve in the fifth lumbar spine, as he has seen a lot of those. "Sometimes these things go away on their own," he said. So...

Here's Connie with her soldier husbandin front of the Durango Street housein South Tacoma 1944 Here we are, starting another month. July was birthday month for my Dad and for Aunt Connie. She was born this day in Foley, Alabama in 1912. Had she lived another decade she would be 96 today. Connie was conceived when her father was 60, her mom 35. Twice impoverished by hurricanes, the family moved to...

I didn't have very good luck with my sweet peas this year. Both of my trellises broke down. And I didn't get the seeds in the ground soon enough. There were some fragrant volunteers, however, and they make my day!...

The Curb Your Enthusiasm I rented from Blockbuster looks like the picture above, which I copied from Amazon. However, the Blockbuster version says (hidden under their bar code) Volume One, episodes 1 - 5. So it isn't the complete Fourth Season after all. And while they didn't have it in stock, there must be a volume two which has the finale....

The Daughter tipped us off that Curb Your Enthusiasm is a very funny tv show. For anyone who doesn't know, the series centers around Larry David, the creator of Seinfeld. We've rented seasons one through four so far. However, while the jacket cover of season four says it contains all of season four it doesn't, as you can learn by visiting their website. And this clip is part of what's missing....

Gordon Smith supports John McCain for President and that in itself is pro-war.

The Story of the Largest Slave Trading Family In US History will air in Salem Oregon on PBS Sunday June 29 at 10:30.