By Joe Hobby Oh Lord, I can almost smell the estrogen. It’s so powerful that it overpowers the hundreds of bouquets of flowers that parents and grandparents have brought in the auditorium.... Read more
By Joe Hobby I was going through some things in my closet when he surprised me. There, smack dab in the middle of a Nike shoebox he lay. Like me, he has a few miles on him. That’s no surpr... Read more
By Joe Hobby I love me some BBQ. That’s because I’m southern, and it’s the law. If you cut me, I will probably bleed smoky, sweet, red sauce. Any kind of meat is fine, but I have a strong l... Read more
By Joe Hobby On a two lane highway headed back from Smith Lake, my son spotted them. A black and white bird dog mix with a terrier as his running mate. They were dirty, stinky, skittish do... Read more
By Joe Hobby Decision, decisions. We have been seriously considering taking the land line out of our home. That’s because about the only incoming calls we get are from some guy reminding u... Read more
By Joe Hobby This is for anyone who’s said fixin’ to, tumped over a glass, or rurnt something. This is for the person who agrees with a statement by saying, “I heard that!”, calls every sof... Read more
By Joe Hobby It struck me when I was driving on a little back road near my house. There in a small, well kept yard were several forsythia, aka yellow bells, in full bloom. Right in the mi... Read more
By Joe Hobby Since February is officially the month of love, I’ve decided to put this on paper. Just to be safe, I’ve covered my bases by having my wife sign a notarized document giving me p... Read more
By Joe Hobby They were delivering it on New Year’s Eve. A color TV! It was a 21” RCA in a wooden cabinet, no less. This was as high tech as you could get in 1966. All those football games... Read more
By Joe Hobby It wasn’t a Red Ryder like the one in Christmas Story, but there was a time in my young life when, like Ralphie, I just had to have a BB gun. Why my parents would even think abo... Read more