Posted in authors, blogging, drinks, Family, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, success, Tequila, Vicksburg, writing, tagged 3D mammogram scanner, 3D scanner, boobs, breast cancer, cancer, doctors, liars, lying, machines, mammogram, medical professionals, medical technicians, medicine, technology on September 10, 2018| 10 Comments »
Ever heard the expression, “This won’t hurt at all?” Yeah, you usually hear that right before someone hurts you. Remember that Novocaine shot at the dentist? That flu shot? Your mom brushing your snarled up hair? Right? “This won’t hurt a bit.” Wrong. Liars. Every single one of them. Liar, liar pants on fire. (more…)
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, beach, beer, blogging, books, breakfast, costumes, drinks, Family, Fiction, food, friends, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Vicksburg, writing, tagged 4th of July, American Civil War, book signing, books, Breakfast with the generals, celebration, Civil War, fireworks, history, Independence Day, John C. Pemberton, McRaven Tour Home, Old Courthouse Museum, siege of Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant, WWII on July 2, 2018| 6 Comments »
So here we are on the cusp of another Independence Day holiday. For most folks this simply means a day off with pay. For some it means a full day of work at time and a half wages. For others it means a trip to the lake, the mountains, or the backyard swimming pool. It often includes BBQ, iced cold beer, ice cream and other yummy backyard cuisine. (more…)
Posted in April, authors, blogging, books, dancing, Family, Fiction, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, reading, resolutions, roses, success, Vicksburg, writing, tagged aches, ashes, bad taste, cancer, cancer free, cancer sucks, eating, exhaustion, food, healing, IV, medicine, medicine taste, nausea, pains, tired, treatment, Wonder Woman on April 9, 2018| 8 Comments »
There’s a line from a song from the movie Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, that I love: “Up from the ashes, grow the roses of success.” That line can be applied to a lot of things. For me, right now, it applies to my rise from “sickness” to improved health. Not that I was unhealthy before, because I really wasn’t, I was just infected with a nastiness known as cancer. (more…)
Posted in April, authors, Autumn, Baer House Inn, beach, blooms, Family, food, friends, Halloween, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, romance, sports, spring break, vacation, Vicksburg, weather, writing, tagged auturm, crawfish, Fall, graduation, harvest season, hunting, Mardi Gras, pilgrimage, school, seasonal, seasonal fruit, seasons, sports, spring, summer, television, tourists, winter on February 12, 2018| 9 Comments »
We’re all familiar with the four traditional seasons and most of us have a favorite. I’m partial to summer, because I like it hot. Spring is beautiful, but too short. Autumn is pretty but often too cool for my liking. I love the long hot summers. I know, I’m a weird-o to some of you, but hey, I’m honest. I like it hot. (more…)
Posted in authors, blogging, Family, friends, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, Lake Tahoe, Vicksburg, weather, writing, tagged arctic blast, bomb cyclone, brutal cold, cold weather, Florida, freezing temperatures, icy roads, Mother Nature, Niagra Falls, Northern California, school, snow, south, storms, sunshine state, weather, winter on January 8, 2018| 13 Comments »
Most of you know that I now live in the South. Being from Northern California, I was used to some harsh weather in the winter, for a short period of time. Usually we’d get some snow, it’d stick around for a few days, then – BAM – we’d be in the 80’s and our two weeks of winter were over. (more…)
Posted in Family, Holidays, Jansen Schmidt, love, resolutions, success, Vicksburg, writing, tagged America, brotherhood, brothers, family, help, helping hand, love your neighbor, Patriot Day, tragedy, United States, United States of America, USA on September 11, 2017| 11 Comments »
So many ugly things are happening all around us. Hatred of our fellow Americans is at an all-time high. I don’t understand why. What happened? Yes, I’m an advocate for, why can’t we all just get along? Yes, we’ll all different, but, we’re all the same, too. (more…)
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, dogs, drinks, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Baer House, Baer House Inn, Baer-Williams House, chairs, common, eating, historic inns, innkeepers, innkeeping, inns, Mississippi, observations, questions, relocating, Vicksburg on June 26, 2017| 16 Comments »
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So, we’re coming up on two years now since we made the big cross-country move and relocated to Mississippi. Innkeeping has been rewarding and challenging and . . . a real learning experience that will forever change the way I stay at hotels, motels, and/or B & B’s in the future. (more…)
