Rock Wall

I drove home in the rain Sunday night. Lots and lots of rain. I hope everybody got some. I think that we’re going to need more pretty soon. Several trees have changed color already, skipping the pretty colors and going straight to brown just because they’ve been cooked to dryness. Other than that, everything is

My father-in-law, Clifford Long, told me that when he was growing up he always knew when school was going to start because the goldenrods were in bloom. We have some right north of our house, growing taller than the weeds that have evidentually taken up permanent residence because they can. I think there are several

We have Renaissance Festival tickets! The festival is open Saturday, Sunday and Holidays from September 5– Oct. 18. Come put your name and phone number in the red bowl on the front counter. We will also have a QR code to scan and enter. We’ll start drawing names on Sept 3. In addition, we have

I got an interesting letter last week. The first line began, “For the love of all things Holy..” but I can’ t tell you what that is because the writer didn’t sign the letter or include a phone number. It was an entertaining letter which I would have gleefully shared with you – but no

I’m sitting down for this chat with you because we printed something in an obituary that wasn’t true and I knew I had a way to check it. And to tell you where my sister’s middle name, Ellen, came from. In the June 25, 2026, issue, we published the obituary of Gary Wayne Henry, a

Picnic gone. Even the random truck that didn’t manage to escape with its truck friends on Sunday, didn’t give any indication of what it had been up to. There were so many food trucks. I couldn’t possibly get to everyone of those in three days. We’re starting our videos this week. We’ll begin alphabetically with

Picnic comin’. The stacks of T-shirts are dwindling as people pick up the one of a kind Picnic Tee. Davis has pretty much decided what he is going to do next year. I’d give you a hint but it is only “pretty much”. He might change his mind. But the sign up sheet for next

Davis presented me with a new word he learned from one of his favorite authors; ‘Hobbylos’. The original word is slang term in German and it translates to hobbyless. It is used to describe someone who has no hobbies, appears to have no life, and has way too much time on their hands. It is

The talking mule on TV says to vote for Amendment 5. I really like mules but I’m still not convinced. Davis said,  After all – mules are still half an ass. When I interviewed Dane Diehl this past week he told me that voting for amendment 5 would allow the state a five year experiment

This year’s limited edition Picnic shirt has been wildly popular. So popular that Davis is setting it up to where people can order their own from the manufacturer and have it shipped to their house. We had to start putting people on the waiting list and we don’t want anyone to miss out on something