Jan. 13, 2000 – Just when I thought the cats, for whatever reason, weren’t going to get on my new, to me, 1995 white car, I made a mistake.
Best of Gale Denley: Grand time as grand marshal
December 27, 2012 By
Dec. 18, 2003 – This year I was Grand Marshal of the Bruce Christmas Parade and I had a fine time waving at folks I knew and folks I didn’t know who lined the streets along the parade route. You don’t get to see much of the parade when you are in it, so you could say the best view we had was the backsides of the Bruce High School Band.
My old friend Brad Dye, Dr. Dye, and my aversion to surgery
October 17, 2012 By
Oct. 20, 2000 — As a veteran of too many bouts of surgery, most stemming from a serious auto accident more than 10 years ago, and more recently from a failed heart valve, I have developed an aversion to surgery.
Selma Bryant’s passing evokes memories of unforgettable wreck in 1981
September 5, 2012 By
September 6 2007 – We lost a very good friend last month with the death of Selma Bryant, 93, a former mayor and businessman in Bruce.
Dialysis will never be the same after Neshoba County Fair experience
August 1, 2012 By
Aug. 3, 2006 —The first Friday afternoon of the Neshoba County Fair, official opening day of the week-long event, I spent at the dialysis center on the Choctaw Indian Reservation a couple of hills behind the reservation’s fire station.
The older we get the more child-like we get; ‘City Chamber Banquet a real treat
July 3, 2012 By
July 7, 2005 – In my early years I suppose my blood pressure was considered normal. It was never flagged on applications for summer camp and such. Only in early
adulthood did it become a cause for alarm, more than slightly elevated probably by smoking, late nights at work and poor eating habits.
Regaining one’s appetite is never an easy task
May 30, 2012 By
June 3, 2004 – Regaining one’s appetite is not an easy task. It began slowly a few weeks ago with the aid of some kind of bottled high protein drink like you see in all the health food sections of grocery stores—Boost, Ensure, etc.
Becoming a regular member of the Oxford Renal Care club
May 2, 2012 By
April 24, 2003 — Home is almost eerily quiet after six weeks in the hospital. It’s not as much fun as I thought it would be for I came home with the “Queasy, nauseous, shivering, drowsy and completely ill” feeling as depicted by a purple colored figure with a green tongue on the front of one of the hundreds of cards sent by well wishers.
Lived longer than expected; Long trips for ball games; Remembering Alline Jackson
March 23, 2012 By
March 7, 2002 – Well, I have done it. I have lived far longer than I ever expected to as a young man. The idea of reaching the 60s slipped up on me. What with retirement and beginning to draw social security and other adjustments, I was sort of distracted.
Then came 66. When you are half way through the 60s you have to come to the conclusion that you are getting old.
The smell of gunpowder lingers; the armadillo is dead
March 23, 2012 By
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