Magnolia Mouth

I was born at high noon on the 4th of July. Mom says it was 100 degrees that day. I was the third born son and weighed almost 10 lbs. God bless Momma's heart and her womb.

Perhaps because my birthday usually seems to fall on one of the hottest days of the year, Mo...

One of the great joys in my life has been gardening. When I was a kid my parents had a smaller yard, but a couple of our elderly neighbors had larger yards. In order for us to have a vegetable garden Daddy would mow their yards in exchange for using a piece of their p...