Beach Weather Spoiled by Oil

We are still waiting on word from the so-called experts about whether it is safe to go in the Gulf waters on the Florida Panhandle beaches. The Destin, Fort Walton and Pensacola beaches really took a hit from no tourism this summer plus the ecological damage that has been done. If the health and safety [...]

Too Hot

We did not have a Spring. We went straight from a wet and cold winter to a very hot summer. The temperatures totally skipped over the 70′s and 80′s and went straight from 60′s to the 90′s and up. This looks like its going to be a long hot summer. Only June and the heat [...]

Memorial Day Plans

When I lived on the East Coast, Memorial Day was a very big deal. It marked the start of summer, swimming pools opened for the season and everyone who could get out town for the 3 day weekend headed to the beach. Here in Tennessee, it means the start of summer only because all the [...]

Flooding in Nashville

We got a lot of rain and it had nowhere to go. The flash flooding that everyone likes to ignore has actually killed people this time. Even the Opry Mills Mall and Opryland Hotel are under water.  Its not nice to mess with Mother Nature.

No more snow

This is to hope that our winter here in Middle Tennessee is almost over and we can get on with the business of spring time. We have received so much snow this year that the city has used all of its salt for the roads that it had in reserve, so if we get any [...]