Posts by George Beckman

When I was teaching, I often said, "Nobody listens to me around here." My 6th graders were to answer, "Whaaaaat?" in a dull tone. If some poor kid was slow…

Getting ready for the time change was easy at our house. The bedroom clock switched to Standard Time three weeks early. I didn't ask it to do this. It just…

A feral black cat was hanging around the red barn. I don't know why we call it the red barn because the front is not red, but I digress. I…

We recently prepared the parsonage for our new minister. As I put up a new light fixture in the kitchen, the question arose, "How many Methodists does it take to…

Before we were married, Ruth bet me $5 I couldn't get her cedar chest in my 1966 VW. I got it in, and she has never forgiven me. I bought…

We live in an abbreviated world. The permanent wave was shortened to permanent. Because people are busy, permanent was contracted to perm. I suppose someday it will be a puh.…

Crocodile Rock is a great Elton John song. The first verse has these words: I remember when rock was youngMe and Suzie had so much funHolding hands and skimming stonesHad…

My recent Chatty Blog entitled Time was the beginning of this wretched habit I have of thinking of friends gone and times past. Those who follow this drivel know that…

Humans are a tough bunch to understand. Currently, gasoline prices are "high." I can hardly watch a moment of news without speculation about the pain the cost of motor fuel…

I have long suspected that I could get more done if I had two Personal Assistants. But I really need a housekeeper, butler, and PAs. This AM, I spent way…

Have you noticed that two events that occurred simultaneously are warped in our time memory? One may seem like it was yesterday, yet an event happening the same year seems…

I was never a sprinter. I'm slow out of the gate—more of a plodder. I see writers on Facebook and Twitter saying, "Who's up for a writing sprint?" I read…

For the second book of the Wolfskill trilogy, I have decided to use Canva. Rebecca Amiss makes beautiful covers for her books. My favorite is Summer of '77. I I…

In the movie Winter's Bone, Jennifer Laurance's character Ree is desperate to care for her younger brother and sister. The neighbors offer to take the boy, but not the little…

So, why am I not editing faster? Stuff. It is just that simple. The Tesla had a loud rattle in the left rear that seemed to be the shield for…