Category Archives: Family Disasters

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Fec

Ever since I was old enough to remember, my relationship with my mother has been problematic. For most of my life, it seemed as though my Dad was raising three kids: me, my brother and her. She and her four … Continue reading →

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Partying With Nihilists

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Fec

Saturday evening, the Wife and I attended her brother’s annual party. We’ve been going for years and see a lot of the same people, who are hopelessly Liberal, but put up with us, as Conservatives. It used to be a … Continue reading →

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I say things you don’t want to hear

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Fec

I made my weekly call to the brother, today. He only calls me when something is wrong. Still, he takes my calls, even though he doesn’t want to hear what I have to say. He sat through the conversations about … Continue reading →

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Do Not Call Us

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Fec

I just had a long phone call with my brother about our mother. She lives in Brunswick County and needs to go into a retirement facility. Our relatives and her neighbors will not leave my brother alone. They call him … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 4-12-2022

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Fec

I got a call this morning from Brunswick County DSS. “When was the last time you spoke to your mother?” she asked. “I haven’t spoken to my mother in four years,” I replied. “She’s not responding to knocks on the … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Todd

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Fec

Sometime, in the early seventies, my Dad got permission to ditch the ancient Addressograph for a Burroughs computer to prepare bills at Randolph Telephone. Mr. Fitzgerald agreed, but only to pay for hardware and not software. My dad spent the … Continue reading →

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The Storm

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Fec

I was awakened yesterday before dawn to the sound of straight line winds, as the front which dropped inches of rain moved quickly off to the east. By 7:30, as is my custom, I was out the door and in … Continue reading →

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Mohammed Bin Salman

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Fec

From Ghassan Kadi at The Saker: MBS has been the architect of that awful and criminal war on Yemen.  Tens of thousands of innocent Yemeni civilians have been killed either by Saudi-led raids or by starvation and diseases inflicted upon … Continue reading →

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Running from the Cats

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Fec

Apologies for all the Facebook posts, today.  For some reason, the juices seem to be flowing.  I’ve had two nights of restful sleep here in Liberty.  I spent the weekend with the Wife, and that means the cats.  I woke … Continue reading →

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