Author Archives: Wright Flyer Guy

After a 3:50 AM bathroom break, I was stuck in awake mode until shortly before my alarm sounded at 6:15 AM. I didn’t take to the excitement the FabFive showed as they eagerly and energetically greeted me. I’m still sluggish … Continue reading →

Excellent! Inspiring. Motivating. Fascinating. Heartwarming. It’s a home run helluva movie. IT AIN’T OVER is a documentary on baseball legend Yogi Berra that ranks up there with RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsberg) and WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (Mister Rogers). From … Continue reading →

There is nothing to report from yesterday. It was a beautiful day and ended with dinner at Applebee’s where I dined with Mama Kay, Janice, and Sue. After we dropped Janice off at her home, we went to visit Patricia … Continue reading →

There’s not much to report this fine morning, beginning in the mid-50s and climbing to the low 80s within a few hours. We had a heat wave rush through last week, but the temperatures of the past few days have … Continue reading →

For some reason, I keep thinking the date of June 4th has some significance to me from my family’s history, or something familiar to me in US history. I continue to draw a blank. Yesterday was just an odd day … Continue reading →

I thought my Walmart delivery, which included a new vacuum sweeper, would be on my porch by 2 PM. Instead, it was delayed by over an hour and there was no vacuum. They reported it would be shipped from another … Continue reading →

It’s a cool, comfortable night at the bus terminal. A gentle breeze whips around the pillars, continually refreshening the air after a recent rain.  It’s been an emotionally eventful day, and I am glad it has come to an end. … Continue reading →

Yesterday was bright and very warm. I spent a good deal of time resting on the deck as The FabFive scattered themselves between my bedroom and the deck for their naps. I had planned to mow the yard and tend … Continue reading →

I am certain that Mr. Joshua Logan’s granddaughter, Kate Harrigan, will also post a video clip of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” from their classic, CAROUSEL. It seems to be our annual tradition before posting “September … Continue reading →

Leroy D. Barmes: 8 Nov 1921 – 3 Jun 2004 Remembering my grandfather, Leroy Delmar Barmes, who passed away nineteen years ago, today. Grandpa Leroy was the son of Virgil B. Barmes and Thelma E. Daugherty Barmes and was born … Continue reading →

Today is the 148th anniversary of Anna Greenlee Jones’ birth. Anna Jones, my great-great grandmother, was born on this date in 1875 in Boone Township, Madison County, Indiana. Anna was the daughter of Andrew Taylor Greenlee, and Prudence Anna Ball … Continue reading →

The morning is starting off on the chillier side, but we are promised temperatures in the mid-70s, by early afternoon. I will welcome this with time on the deck by evening’s end. I was in bed by 10:30 PM and … Continue reading →

Sunday evening was my last night of teaching for this week. The month of May had five Mondays and Tuesdays and I only teach four weeks of any given month. I do like these little breaks, and it also gives … Continue reading →

Shortly after 1:30 AM, I woke in the middle of a cute dream and I realized that after about 15 minutes of being awake, I was still smiling from the dream. Judy Huffman and her husband, Ron, lived east of … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the final day of May 2023. For some reason, it seemed to crawl at a much slower pace than January and February. it was a good month but one that was tightly packed with events at The Schuster … Continue reading →

The morning is introducing what is predicted to be another beautiful day and for that, I am very grateful. It was a comfortable night for sleeping with only Harrigan joining me in bed; Bailey slept in my study and Col. … Continue reading →

“Shut up!” At 5:45 AM, I roared those words out the window beside my bed that looks out toward the high school’s parking lot. The two females, talking loudly to one another as they jogged or walked, did shut up. … Continue reading →

It’s Tuesday, and it feels like it’s last Tuesday. I thought I was getting a tremendous night-filled rest but I am sluggish this morning. A weather front is moving into the area as my muscles are aching. I still intend … Continue reading →

The grumpy old man who wrote a less-than-positive blog post on Saturday is not the same man who is writing this post, this morning. For the first five to six hours of Saturday, I could not find the button to … Continue reading →

It’s been a relaxing, educational day, thus far, with reading and documentaries. I’ve spent most of the day on the deck despite the morning offering a breezy coolness. At 1 PM it’s still breezy but the deck remains cool due … Continue reading →

It’s a beautiful morning and I’m spending it out on the deck with The Fab Five. it’s a day for relaxing and replenishing before teaching commences at 4:30 PM. Bailey, Chief, and Erma are lounging near me on the deck … Continue reading →

While watching eleven of my private students going through commencement exercises, it was not lost on me that forty years ago this afternoon, my Elwood Community High School classmates and I changed our tassels to the other side of our … Continue reading →

Last night, I was a house manager for The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Beethoven’s Second Symphony. The original times indicated we’d be wrapping up shortly after 9 PM. I was elated because I knew I could make the 9:55 PM No. … Continue reading →

It’s not an actual “fun day” with adventures with my camera, but I stepped onto No. 17 at 7:23 AM to grab some breakfast at a buffet and then I will hopefully grab a few things at Walmart. Thursday, I … Continue reading →