My parents were in town this weekend. Friday night we all went to the Country Diner – which is literally 50 yards from the base of our driveway, on the same side of the street. The sign reads, “Country Diner – Since 1948”. We met the owner Betty Jo who came to our table to […]

I went out to smoke this morning, and was greeted with a surprise: It’s Ballentrae Community Yard Sale Day. No, thanks. Dante may have left “holding a yard sale” off his list, but it’s somewhere in my Top 40. Twelve pirate garage sale signs have magically appeared in our front yard overnight, like a bed […]