Pat and Kathie

Walk This Way posted a picture of King Street, Charleston, on February 26, and I thought of the Roseville vase bought in the King Street An...

These are some of the children, hanging out after school and watching the progress on their playground built by It's Just the Kids , and...

Yesterday afternoon, "Anonymous" posted the following comment on “Americans in Cuba: It’s About Time” . "I agree that anyone ...

Since a US travel and trade embargo was imposed in 1960, Americans have been restricted from travel to Cuba without a license from the US go...

When I was in high school, I remember hearing Huntley and Brinkley reporting every night on the day's "body count" in Viet Nam...

Seven baby birds sitting on a sofa, Waiting for the party to begin. Some of them are happy, But one's screaming mad... Looks like Isabel...

Speaking of Caddyshack and Bill Murray , I just love the Ghostbusters scene of Venkman, Stantz, Egon, and Winston trying to convince the may...

Even before Sonnjea challenged me to come up with a limerick for the ground squirrels , I had wracked my brain and come up with this pathet...

Patty is going to have to change her limerick. I had a conversation today with the deputy in charge of the grounds and it appears our pests ...

Well actually, it's a limerick. Sonnjea 's got me thinking in limerick meter now, too - bless her! The jail yard’s all dug up by gop...

I'm a sucker for anything cat-related. I'll check Janet's blog every morning before work just to see if she's posted new pic...

Think there’s a tunneling problem only at the Border? Guess again. I work in a jail. Most modern jails are concrete high rises. Our jail hou...

Yesterday afternoon, "Anonymous" posted the following comment on "A Brief Report from Viet Nam" : "The Pat Dizzine ...

Isabella's mother, Jennifer, came along during my medical training, soon before her father was drafted during the Vietnam war, and was r...

Spring of 1977 in Monterey. I'm chatting with my roommate Vicki, her boyfriend John , and a few other friends in the downstairs bar are...

I have to admit I was a little bummed out about the rejection from the San Diego U-T’s blog roll. I even considered asking Patty to edit out...

Kathie's been getting more interested in the whole blogging thing, so I suggested to her that she submit our site for consideration to a...

Back in the day, as Kelly would say, I spent a little while in the Air Force. Interestingly, I had been anti-military during the Viet Nam w...

CNN news today: The world’s leading climate scientists liken global warming to a “runaway train” that will not be rectified for centuries. ...

I just finished my most recent Netflix movie, "Reds", a 1981 movie missed during my child raising years. "Reds" is a br...