At The Local again
On this second post of 2026, I started the day early getting my left hand x-ray'd at the hospital. Four months after a bad fall, it's still not up to par. So, I checked in with my P.A. to find out what was going on. The short answer is arthitis in my left hand and , no doubt, my right hand. Winter has settled in the hills of Tennessee. At 30 degrees, the bright sun is not doing anything to warm the frozen earth. Flakes of ice, like glistening stars, spread across my car wind shield, a blanket of cold comfort on a shivery morning. I'm late to the party but I would like to find a pointsettia. But the season is rapidly passing and perhaps even Walmart will be empty of these red and green lovelies. The house updates are starting again. Curtains and pictures and wall art are going up. Our washer-dryer has been replaces with a new Maytag set. The big surprise of the day was discovering Elk along the 48-S road to Hohenwald. There was one beautiful, full-atlered male ove...
