Category: Pennies for Your Thoughts

ARM CHAIR DETECTIVE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Ada and the doctor One of the stations I absolutely love to watch is Discovery’s ID Channel. I could sit in my chair and play arm chair detective all day. The stories on the ID channel are all true and include such shows as: Joe Kenda, Homicide Detective;…

RING SIDE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I have always been a big fan of wrestling. Years ago my old aunt and I used to stay up  late on Friday nights and watch wrestling on TV.  We would holler for the good guys and loudly BOO the so called “bad guys.”   I was so scared…

JUST DO IT ONLINE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I am a big fan of the being online and also social media, and so is a lot of people. Through the wonders of a computer and the internet, I can see pictures of my new great-grandbabies (yes I am that old), talk with my family and friends,…

NO ARK TODAY?

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Most of us have heard the biblical story of Noah and the Ark. This is a Bible story of how God destroyed the earth by water and gave Noah orders to build a boat that was to be a certain size. While some are skeptical; many question, but…

STAYING IN STEP

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Everyone loves a parade. There are lots of decorated floats, old cars, fire trucks, policemen  and marching bands and baton groups. It is nice to see all of the local high school bands and marching groups.  Parades are normally held in the summer, so sometimes it is hot and…

IT’S MY STORY & I’M STICKING TO IT

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker It is sometimes that when we get older, we sit back and wonder, “Where have I been? What have I done and Where am I going?” Our stories usually begins at birth and some people say they can remember as far back to the age of 2. As…

Dogs, Cats and Alligators

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Even though I have no pets now, I have had my share of dogs, cats, fish, gerbils, mice and even sea monkeys. I remember those sea monkeys looked like a lot more fun on the package than they actually were. Our sea monkeys looked like specs of dust…

THIS LITTLE PIGGY

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One thing we don’t ever want to take for granted is our mobility. One such body part is our feet. Our feet enable us to run, walk, jump and dance can slow us way down if they hurt. Now, a lot of people aren’t really ones that look…

WHAT IF AND WHY?

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  I used to be so nosy when I was younger and it has been said that I asked so many questions that my nickname became “News Reporter.” My Mama would do her best to answer every question I could think of, but today finds me just as curious…

A FORGOTTEN BATTLE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  I was talking to my friend, Denny, the other night  about History and he asked me. “Have you ever heard of the battle of St. Clair?” “It was fought in Ohio and very close to Mercer County.” (Now, Denny and I like to challenge each other on history…

Frankly my dear, I don’t “give a grit.”

Penny For Y our Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Bring on the grits, black-eyed peas, cornbread, ham hocks and beans and fried chicken, chess pie for dessert and you’ve got a meal.  Southern cooking has become more popular with the recent cooking show hosts and the idea of good home-style comfort food. I know my grandma…