To The Manner Born

Something in my Celtic DNA makes me love this love the Halloween season. I wait all year for this. It's my super bowl, my world series, ...

Had you forgotten that the London Olympics are approaching? In an effort to sex up the games, several international sports organizations hir...

I refuse to shop anywhere ever at stores that advertise Christmas in October. Last night I'd had my fill of the Deck the Halls. Nordstr...

The onslaught of holiday catalogs has begun at our house. The most interesting in today's batch was the latest from hat purveyor Hartfo...

Dogged: Adjective: Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence: "success required dogged determination". Like many others I...

Allen street, Tombstone, looking east, with a parade in progress. Main entrance to O. K. Corral in clump of trees, top center. Photo: W. B. ...

The Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854 Written 1854 Half...

For many folks, hard times are all the time, especially in the eastern Missouri Ozarks. A dollar can be hard to come by, so it's not unc...

They forgot Bo. Toad

Did you know that Hugh Laurie, aka Bertie Wooster/Dr. House is a talented blues singer and musician? PBS's Great Performances featured L...

“Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.” Apsley Cherry Garrard Somewhe...

In the early days of this blog I would periodically raise the question "Where's Dominique?". Everyone seemed to have an onlin...

Didn't you always imagine Ray Milland driving an R- Type Continental in Dial M for Murder? At the time the most expensive automobile in ...

J Peterman's holiday catalog (owners manual 91)arrived by post this morning. One of their best catalogs in along time, it included the ...

By actual count I have more than my share of tweed jackets in my closets. Irish tweed, Manx tweed, Harris tweed, and the odd mutt thrown in ...

I climbed in the car last night, switched off Mrs. T's radio station just in time as this song was starting. It may have been the first ...

If you have ever had the unwelcome experience of sharing the bad news that you have lost your job with family and loved ones, you may be abl...

One of my must stops each day is to A Bit of Bubbly . Yesterday's post told the tale of a love/hate affair with Vibram running shoes, m...

It's been a good year for Mr. Big. Married off his 2 youngest kids, the company stock is doing well, the car collection was on display...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2048189/Domestic-violence-legal-Kansas-repeals-law--save-police-time.html From the Daily Mail By EMM...