The Ugandan Giant

The Ugandan Giant

Kamala died. I am so sad. My friend Susan sent me the link last night. I didn’t know Kamala. We did not hang out or anything. He did not know that I even existed but he was a part of my life that I remember well. As a kid, I loved wrestling. My family loved...
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Happy Sammich

My favorite sandwich has always been the one that someone else made for me. Yesterday, Amanda made me a sandwich. This was not just any sandwich, this was a homegrown, custom-made tomato and mayonnaise sandwich. You don’t get any better than that. I will not...
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Have You Seen Our Dog?

LHRL® Slack App I could hear the sounds of kids screaming. It appeared harmless. It was almost as if they were playing “Marco Polo” in our front yard. I didn’t pay it much attention. It wasn’t long before there was a knock on our front door....
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Never Gets Old

I haven’t been to CrossFit in months- Covid, excuses, laziness and a knee-surgery are all equally to blame. I went back to Olive Branch CrossFit yesterday. I wanted to rehab my knee a little bit and just move around. The workout was a descending ladder of...
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Trash Tree

Up until I was about 20 years old I thought that Mimosa trees were pretty. I liked their pinkish-orange, soft-looking blooms and I would admire them when I was driving south to school at Mississippi State University. A remember telling a friend of mine who had a...