Growing Bolder Community

"Smokey and the Bandit" used to hang at my house. Smokey is the sixteen pound housecat, and Bandit was the chocolate lab that had to adjust to him when he first came home as an itty bitty kitten. Bandit passed on a year and a half ago from old age, and running true to form, there's a new dog Lucky barking at the wild turkeys in the yard.But every once in a while my front door seems to become a...

Plane made it out to Camp with Morty (our cook) and the parts for the main VOI satellite system. Debra is one good pilot! The women pilots of Smokey Bay Air, headed up by chief pilot Debra Mosley, have out performed all the other air services in Homer who ever worked for us. Thank You Debra and Smokey Bay Air for your highly professional manner: http://www.smokeybayair.com/

I just got done ordering $35 in kitty treats on the internet. I think I should have my head examined. For that amount (including a whopping $8 in shipping), I'll be receiving three two-ounce packages of freeze-dried chicken, which is the ONE treat I can give my "primary" cat, Smokey, that the spare cat, "Meatball," won't push him aside for and gobble up. I feel like the Henry Kissinger of the...

There was a mouse in my stove, and this time I vowed "no mercy!" Yeah, right. Like we haven't...

Can you name the top 100 singers in rock and roll history? It's a tough job, because not all of the best singers are necessarily the most financially successful, and each person you ask might come up with a completely different list! But Rolling Stone magazine took on the challenge, with a little help from some of the biggest names in the business. Here's the premise behind its newest list:"This...