I’m a worrier.  Did I happen to mention that?  Go ahead, offer up a subject, any subject, and I (and the beaks in my nest) guarantee I’ll find a reason to worry about it.  I don’t like being this way and I worry that I worry too much. See!!  Uggg...stop the madness!

It’s that time again. The calendar tells me that in precisely 6 days we will once again celebrate that oh so American holiday of Thanksgiving. I also realize we’re getting close to the actual day because the leaves have turned, the air has cooled and pumpkin orange is everywhere we look. What that means in Texas is the leaves are brown, it’s a balmy 79 degrees, and the Longhorns are playin’ football. Yes sir, it’s turkey time! Or as we like to say in the nest, time to gobble till we…

I guess it’s true that you do learn something new every day.  Driving home from the hospital after sitting with my dad all day today, I’m hunting the XM Radio dial for something lighthearted to listen to and I run across a conversation in progress on Channel 121.  The guest begins to discuss the importance of acorns and the best times to harvest and eat them.  I assumed they…

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OK, here’s the deal.  Today is my birthday.  And I don’t like it, not one little bit.  I am 47 today (shudder) and if I ever have to listen to one more tadpole of a person under the age of 29 drone on about how OLD they are (Legal Eagle), I will personally “ring their doorbell” and beat them about…

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I just read that as of yesterday the earth's population has reached 7 billion people. 7 billion!  Holy baby boom Batman, I can't imagine 7 billion of anything let alone human beings.  I am saying a sincere prayer of thanks that of that extraordinary count I'm directly responsible for feeding only 7.  Well actually only 5 on a daily basis since the oldest two have already flown the…