Almost every year that I’ve been on social media, I have shared the picture above around Mother’s Day. It’s one of my favorite pictures of my mom because I think it tells the perfect story of what kind of mother and wife she was. She seems to be completely into her task of getting ready …
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Birthday 2022
This year marks the seventh year that my wife has bought me a birthday gift for every day of March, my birth month. As is my tradition, I share this list of gifts and thank my wife for generosity. She wanted to do a big party this year to celebrate a noteworthy number of years …
Moving Mix-up
I like to grill food. I prefer grilling on a charcoal grill. My go-to grill is a Weber Kettle grill. They are relatively inexpensive but versatile. One of the features of the Weber Kettle is that it has options for accessories that they refer to as their Gourmet Grilling System. The heart of this system …
Announcing My Birth
Not every birth makes front page news but mine did. My dad worked for The Crockett Times, the county newspaper where we lived. Because he worked there when I was born, the newspaper saw fit to run my birth announcement on the front page. As you can see above, there was nothing special about the …
First Week of Work
During my first week of work at my current employer, it was a time of discovery and exploration. There were several times during those first few days that I would walk around the facility just to get a feel for where everything was. The facility was huge with three different break rooms and four sets …
First Day of Work
When I was interviewing for my current job, I was walking down the hall of the office area and I saw someone that I knew. I saw Mark King, who is from my home county and several years younger than me. I didn’t know Mark that well, but I recognized him, and we spoke. It …
Dorm Room Next Door Neighbor
For my sophomore year at Lambuth College, I left the safety and security of Harris Hall, the freshman men’s dormitory, and moved to the first floor of Spangler Hall. The first floor of Spangler Hall was also known as the Spangler hotel Because people could come and go freely at all times of the day …
Road Trip and a Load of Logs
When I was a freshman at Lambuth College, they would conduct an interim program each January. During that month, you would only take one class, but it met every day, usually for 3 hours. The topics were varied, usually based on the professor’s interests outside of their normal studies. I remember people taking classes where …
Dean of Students
Dean Walter Whybrew was the executive Vice President of Lambuth College in 1980 when I arrived. He started at Lambuth in 1957 and was Dean and Registrar when my mom started there in 1959. Over the years he served as Registrar, Dean of Admissions, Academic Dean and Executive Vice President. In addition to his other …
The Odd Guy in the Cafeteria
When I was a student at Lambuth College, I regularly ate lunch and dinner in the cafeteria. I’m not much of a breakfast guy and was always waiting until the last minute to make it to that first class of the day. The cafeteria was a gathering place for most of the people on campus. …