Author: brenfroe66

  • Disclaimer: So since I am talking about a lawyer who knows how to sue people, let me just say right here that NO NAMES or other descriptors that may be used to identify this person, agency or employees of said agency will be used! I will be as general as I can. Please don’t sue…

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  • It used to be, when I wanted to fry up a batch of chicken wings, I had to break out the big Dutch oven, a big jug of oil and get ready to make a mess. Not now. I fry chicken wings on my pellet grill. Much less oil and mess, just as tasty! Here…

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  • Joey

    I loved my in-laws. Dwayne and Ruth were just good people who raised good people. Let me tell you about my first serious conversation with the woman who would be my mother-in-law.  You may think it would be about me dating her only daughter, but it wasn’t. It was about Joey.   Joey Lynn Heffington was…

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  • That Was A Bad Idea

    Never, and I mean never underestimate the ability of teenaged boys to make bad decisions. Put a group of teenage boys together and that potential goes up exponentially. It was in the late summer of 1981 when that group of teenaged boys decided to get in my dad’s not quite finished batch of homebrewed muscadine…

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  • Just something that came to mind this inauguration day 2021. “Well, they may be YOUR president, but they ain’t MY president!” Yes they are. You may not like it. You may dislike or even despise the person in the Oval Office, but if you are a citizen of the United States they are indeed your…

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  • Grudges Are Heavy Things

    I know of an estranged mother and daughter. I have an idea about what caused the estrangement, but not all the particulars. Honestly, the particulars really are not all important to my point. My point is this: Grudges are heavy things. They weigh on the soul, especially on the grudge holder’s. I have never actually…

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  • I work for a public television station.We are also an agency of the state of Arkansas. We aired a live call in program last night where viewers could call in and ask a panel of experts questions about the Covid-19 virus that as of the writing, we are at the beginning of the pandemic. Anyway,…

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  • Belle: Ode To My Dog

    She had one tooth in her head, was mostly blind, was almost deaf, had a weak ticker and she had an absolute love for her people that filled a whole house from one tiny dog. She was our girl.  Lilly Belle LaRose.  She usually went by Belle, but alternately she was called Smelly Belle, Miss…

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  • Baxter: Ode to my dog

    January 7, 2019 Debbie took Baxter to the vet that afternoon. He had a fever,  had been coughing and wheezing and seemed to be really slowing down.  I mean, he was down to three legs, so a bit of a slow down was expected. But you could tell he was not feeling himself. An x-ray…

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  • Know Your Worth

    I don’t actively freelance anymore. But when I did, I did not charge enough. I would undercut myself. I read something that really struck me on a blog aimed at freelance developers. The writer said he once asked someone he looked up to, “Why should I charge so much for something that is so easy…

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