Fasten your seatbelts because, yes, this is from MY grandmother. Sometimes, when someone would say goodbye to her, my dear old gray-headed granny’s parting words were, Be good; if you can’t be good, be careful; if you can’t be careful, name it after me. My…

I’m a naturally gullible person, a quality my grandma exploited to the height of her satisfaction and amusement. Amazingly, although I don’t take teasing well, her exploitation never made me feel bad. Maybe it was because her attitude was never, “You are so STUPID,” it…

Charlie was reminiscing about his cousin Nolan the other day. Nolan was protesting a charge that he thought was far too high. He said: Jesse James had two guns; you’ve got nary a one. This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s weekly blog hop,…