http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/ en-us http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3156.html My grandfather, Walter Thomas Hamilton, was a man of settled habit and ritual. He did the same things every day. Coming into the farmhouse from the field or cow lot he would always stop on the backdoor step and stomp the dirt and cow manure off his sho... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3153.html I have been doing a bit more reading about the Hamilton clan history in Scotland to see if I should be lucky enough to identify the parents of Thomas Hamilton Sr. who came over to the United States sometime between 1725 (his birthdate) and 1750 when we... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3134.html I have been asking myself some serious questions today and since there is no one here but my dog Sara and I there have not been very many answers forthcoming. So I have decided to share these self-asked questions with you and the answers that I have du... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3120.html I have always thought that an extensive and well stocked vocabulary was the indicator of a well educated , experienced and interesting person. To that end I keep a spiral notebook at hand when reading and copy down words that I do not know or feel unco... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3117.html There are definitely some things that we used to say or to hear that are no longer in vogue. I had to be reminded of some of them by a book I have called "Dewdroppers, Waldos and Slackers". All of the ones below are expressions or names that I rememb... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3116.html Most of those addressed will not know or at least not remember Betty Brown. I got a Christmas Card from Betty this morning. She is the widow of my Dad's half brother (Willie Elven Brown). She lives now and has for years in a house near Lancaster Hig... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3102.html Listed below are a number of items concerning immigrants and your (and my) feelings about immigrants in the US. I would be interested in knowing what you think about each of the following situations and whether or not you would be bothered (or to use t... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3093.html An old friend (not quite as old as I but nearly) that I used to work with in the electronics business recently sent me a listing of eight reasons why he thought that Fred Thompson should be our next president. I read them carefully and decided that I ... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3088.html Let's face it--I am fat. I am gobby fat. I am 5 feet eleven and I weigh 218 pounds. I like sweet foods such as pie, pudding ,cake and muffins. I like greasy, oily foods such as pizza, fried fish and potatoes and good rich butter on fresh baked bread... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/oxsan/post-3087.html At The Doctor's Office All my life I have been blessed with a very stable temper and a wonderful loving concept of my fellow human beings. I hardly ever lose my temper. I try to be kind, considerate, faithful, true, just, and reverent but never accusa...