Claude Clemmons » General

Fried Chicken

Claude — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:34:06 +0000

When I was a kid, we had fried chicken on Sundays. It was just what everyone did. We got up early, went to church, and then we all headed to Grandma’s house for Sunday dinner. All the adult women brought food with them or spent time in the kitchen preparing a big meal for the whole family. While dinner was cooking, us kids would play outside or, if it was raining, we would run around in the basement.

Sunday dinner was usually the best fried chicken you would ever taste, along with home made mashed potatoes and a variety of fresh vegetables and salads. I loved dessert, too. It was often a big slice of pie, but sometimes we would have thenmost wonderful cakes made from scratch.

Ahh. Those were the days of great food and family time.

As a Matter of Fact, I Do

Claude — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:34:13 +0000

Tale of Two Foxes

Claude — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:12:43 +0000

This morning I was retrieving my newspaper from the driveway and met up with a neighbor at the street. He told me about his dog barking at a red fox perched outside their property fence.

The neighbor shooed away the fox, but he came back the next night, and then it was more barking from the dog.

This time the neighbor picked up a dog toy from the yard and heaved it at the fox, and it ran away.

The next night, the fox came back with a female fox and the two foxes tossed the dog toy around, having a grand ole time. Now, at night he hears that dang squeaking dog toy.

heard from a neighbor about his dog barking at a male fox perched outside their property. He shooed the fox away, but it came back, and more barking. This time he picked up a dog toy, heaved it at the fox, and it ran away. Then it came back with the female and they tossed the dog toy all around, having a grand ole time. Often now at night he hears a squeaking dog toy.

Alan Jackson on Letterman

Claude — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:34:59 +0000

Tonight the David Letterman show is having Alan Jackson as the musical guest. I have to say that this show offers a great variety of musical artists. They have everyone from rap to rock to county and all kinds of people even sit in with the band every once in a while.

Looking forward to hearing an Alan Jackson song – wonder what he;s going to play?

Listening Rooms

Claude — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:33:43 +0000

Valentine’s Surprise

Claude — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:02:08 +0000

Someone sent me a valentine. It must be a mystery admirer, as the card was not signed. But it was propped against the front door and I found it when I headed out to get the newspaper from the end of the driveway today. That was nice. But it raises the delicate question of who to mention it to and who to to thank.

Already Melting

Claude — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:56:58 +0000

Well, parts of the state got about 6 inches of snow, but at my house we have about 4 inches and it is already melting.Of course, all the schools are closed in the interest of safe driving by school bus drivers who have to go up the treacherous mountain roads covered with snow and ice.

The snow was very dry and not the kind that makes a good snowball or snowman, but seems to be good for sledding. I have seen some neighborhood kids dragging sleds behind them as they walk down the road toward the farm. The snow would have blown about if there had been any wind. Thankfully, we didn’t have much wind and there are not large drifts anywhere that I can see.

We just have to let the sun do its job and melt this damn stuff. I’m not going to waste my time shoveling snow when it will be melted in a day or two.

Here comes the snow

Claude — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:54:55 +0000

We’ve had some snow already but now the “big one” seems to be headed our way. The weather forecast is for anywhere between 3 inches and a foot of accumulation. It just depends on whether the approaching storm from Texas and Oklahoma end up head straight East or if it takes a utrn to the north. We’ll see by morning which way it goes.

Good Month for Reading

Claude — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:51:12 +0000

Think I’ll head down to the library today and pick out a few good books. The weather is going to be pretty crappy these next couple of weeks. There is nothing on TV but reruns and the same old crap, so I will spend the little bit of leisure time that I have expanding my mind with literature. I used to buy books, but eventually realized that I don’t read them more than once and it is silly to buy a lot of things that just end up taking space and collecting dust. So I have a library card and try to use it a few times each year. It makes more sense.

No Coffee – It’s an Emergency!

Claude — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:12:31 +0000

Coffeemaker broke this morning. It didn’t have the decency to make my morning pot of coffee before breaking. It broke as I was closing the lid over the coffee filter. So no coffee for me this morning. It’s going to be a very long day.