Up to the Moment

Hello my friends, This comes to you from the far side of one of time’s great divides.  A year and months have elapsed since I fell off the Grump Stump.  The landing was not actually so bad but once again ascending the slippery surface of that  gnarly stump has proven to be a nasty struggle. … [Read more…]

Somthing older than Grumpa

Hello my friends. We are once again home in the hot, humid embrace of a Florida summer and it is good. The utterances that were last cast upon you in the previous Grumpa blast were delivered  into cyberspace from Santa Fe, NM , which served as one of the milestones in what I will now … [Read more…]

A New Year

Well my friends it has happened again. While we were busy – or not so busy – doing what we do, the seasons have changed and one more year of unsurpassed accomplishment has faded into western skies. The media would have you think that this was a horrible year. Au contraire my fellow travelers, who … [Read more…]

Paintings

I had a request to put my paintings up where anyone interested could see how I’ve been filling my idle time. It took a bit of courage but here they are. If you look above my picture on my web-site page on the left hand side you will see the word Paintings. Click on that … [Read more…]

Back in Action

Well, there seems to be no shortage of bad news out there but I’m going to keep things really light if I can. But…….. if you wanted bad news I’ve got it by the bucketful. For example, Just the other night in a display of athleticism rarely exhibited by me off the golf course I … [Read more…]

It’s Always Noon

We wake these days at whatever time daylight disrupts our slumber. On my days I stagger to the kitchen to initiate the daily caffeine dosing ritual, check to see if I’m wearing shorts then look both ways before venturing to the curb to retrieve our paper in the hope of avoiding cheerful human interaction with … [Read more…]