If you’re a parent or family on a budget, you probably like seeing that familiar sign: Kids Eat Free I don’t remember a lot of that when I was a kid, but then again, I wasn’t looking for those signs. I was just happy to be going. If someone said “we’re goin’ out for burgers”…they didn’t have to wait for me. I’d be in … Read the rest…
Weekends tend to get all the positive attention while week days tend to be looked upon as something you have to get through. So, if week days could walk and talk, maybe they’d end up whining about their lives and their jobs…just like we humans do. The Weak Days Wednesday walked into the room And looked around and said, “I don’t know why I … Read the rest…
I just read an article that Smashburger was giving away free burgers today to anyone whose last name is Burger…or even a variation of that…in honor of National Hamburger Day. Would you believe I almost qualify? My last name is Funderburk. That’s an Americanized version of the German name Von der Berg. See what I mean? Burger is a variation of Berger which translates … Read the rest…
Soldiers angels…it’s ironic how often they’re brought together in our thoughts and writings. Here I am doing it today. This Memorial Day 2013 has me thinking of how our world is another year closer to the end of this age. And I’m thankful for the soldiers who are away from home and loved ones right now helping to keep us safe. They’re all like guardian … Read the rest…
Can four lines of poetry change lives? Or bring about world peace? Or end hunger? Or clear up all the confusion in the world? I seriously doubt it. But I do know this…if everyone in the world would stop for just a few minutes and write down four lines of poetry about something or someone they love…maybe some of those problems would start to … Read the rest…
I’ll bet you didn’t know about a famous magazine called the Saturday Evening Post. Or if you did, I’ll bet you didn’t know it’s been around for about 300 years. Yikes…that’s even farther back than I can remember. For some reason this evening (probably because it’s Saturday) I put on my writing for kids thinking cap to come up with a quick rhyming blog … Read the rest…
Way, way back in the 20th century when I was but a wee lad in the old country…uh…I mean a young dude in the south…one of my favorite things in the summer was watching the ice cream magic happen. Maybe you remember something like that, too, if you’re old enough to remember the 20th century. If so, you’d know when I say ice cream … Read the rest…
