We had the 2010 race at the Keep, and for the first time TwoTrees Racing (now Kelley Ridge Racing) was left entirely up to me! Once Brendan took over the broadcast booth for me, then Ian and Caitlan wer in charge of racing the cars, and I just sat back and watched. But yesterday I […]

The race this year was held after church on the day after Clan Christmas. Again it was held at THE KEEP (Jeff and Lea’s house). The track this year was unbelievable–or as play-by-play announcers John and Seth declared, “BIZARRE!” Mombo started the race with her usual “Let the races begin!” Here are some pictures. I […]

I love weekends. I actually slept in late (for me)—8 a.m.!! I headed off to Richmond to my favorite mechanics (Jay Edward excepted, of course)for an oil change on the Camry. They were able to replace my rear wipers (windshield, that is), but when they replaced my rear left turn signal bulb, lots of corroded […]

I am so fortunate. On Friday I got to spend time with my mother. I got fed winter squash chili, broccoli salad, home-made whole wheat rolls, and banana pudding with my groupies at Beth and Jim’s house, and Mombo came along. My sweet friend Jerry joined us, and then we all went to Hayley’s game […]

We went to THE KEEP around noon to have our annual Hot Wheels race. Usually it is on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, but this year we decided to have it early. It was a raucous affair as usual, and as usual, TwoTrees Racing didn’t win anything. Joshie’s car won first place, but […]

Tonight we went to the Valley for Clan Christmas. Everyone arrived around 6 p.m. Unfortunately Bubba was on the road, so he was late, and Hayley had a ballgame so the Hellyers were not there. We fixed stockings for the kids under 18. This year we hng them on the dining room chairs. Then Rita […]

Well, I was in the pit for a while and I hade to climb out, but now I’m better. It was weird because KK was sick in England, too, and so at first I thought I had gotten her germs over SKYPE, but then I decided it was just sympathy illness. Actually, I probably just […]

I got up early today and spend time doing menial chores at Kelley Ridge before driving to the Valley to join Mombo and the Greystone bunch on Ms. Susan Toad’s Wild Ride to Campbellsville. We made it in time to witness Bub sponsoring Deutsch as Aiden in his Confirmation in the Faith, even though he […]

I love using my body. My brother came over early today and fixed the stovepipe for my woodstove while I moved big pieces of cherry lumber that KK and I stored in a hobbit hole above the steps. It was heavy, but I did it. Then we borrowed my dairy farmer neighbor’s Bobcat, and Jeff […]