Page 1 of Bob Alexander's writing

1. Wood Dust and Congestive Heart Failure! My New Year’s resolution was not to let myself do anything stupid that might harm me. In the past I’ve done things that were somewhat south of intelligent, so this was going to be my year of a sane and comfortable life, free from... (posted by Bob Alexander 15 days 22 hours ago.)

2. Happy Chickens Lay The Best Eggs! Happy chickens lay the best eggs and more of them. Still, when my friends counted their eggs the other day, there were 15 eggs and she only has 14 chickens. While it’s not unusual for a contented hen to lay more than one egg a day, this is... (posted by Bob Alexander 86 days 23 hours ago.)

3. Save Your Marriage: How To Keep Excessive Thinking To a Minimum! Excessive thinking has caused many marriages to fail or at the very least bring ripples of frustration on the otherwise placid seas of love. Simple thoughts can become grounds for a full fledge battle of words. Sometimes something more violent... (posted by Bob Alexander 94 days 23 hours ago.)

4. Do Things Together: Save Your Marriage And Have Spiritual Moments With God! My wife gave me a look that spoke volumes and whispered loudly for me to wake up! With as much self-respect I could muster I said I was not sleeping but was having a spiritual moment with God. Rolling her eyes, she returned her attention to the... (posted by Bob Alexander 121 days 22 hours ago.)

5. Your Backyard Garden Needs Compost! It is winter in most parts of the country and it’s time to plan for your summer garden. The first step is to make natural mulch, called compost. It’s a little extra work to make it, rather than buying an inferior product ant the garden... (posted by Bob Alexander 135 days 13 hours ago.)

6. Scared Chickens Don't Lay Eggs! It’s a fact if a chicken is scared or excited; their egg production goes down the tube. With more citified folks attempting to grow their own food, those who have decided to raise chickens may need to know how to protect them from harm. Like... (posted by Bob Alexander 141 days 16 hours ago.)

7. Want To Stop Smoking? Lie To Your Fiance' My future brother in law was congratulating me for having the will power to quit smoking and sticking with it. As far as he knew, I had stopped smoking two months ago. My nerves were shot and he was telling me this as he lit another cigarette. I... (posted by Bob Alexander 195 days 23 hours ago.)

8. How To Keep Peace With A Spouse And Live A Long, Carefree, and Stress Free Life! During a lifetime of turmoil, anger, and aggravation with females, I finally stumbled on the relationship secret of the ages. Much of our stress comes from spats with our spouse. Men can usually handle stress at the workplace, but tension between... (posted by Bob Alexander 203 days 21 hours ago.)

9. Fishing On A Budget Without Having To Get Into A Boat! In this economic climate, almost everyone has a budget. Going fishing is more expensive than ever; a fact that has not escaped notice by area fishermen. Lack of money and the horrendous heat that almost the whole country experienced this summer... (posted by Bob Alexander 205 days 15 hours ago.)

10. Our Dog’s First Alligator Hunt! Someone had to come along just to hold the dog. It was his first alligator hunt and as crazy as he gets when somebody in the boat catches a crappie, it was logical to assume that he would go completely bonkers if he saw a gator on a hook. Living... (posted by Bob Alexander 220 days 12 hours ago.)

11. Lessons I learned From My Grandparents! My grandparents taught me some very valuable lessons about life, its rewards and its adversities. As with many, I didn’t realize the importance of these teachings until much later in life. They didn’t realize at the time they were... (posted by Bob Alexander 246 days 17 hours ago.)

12. High Blood Pressure Can Be A Killer! About My one-fourth of people in America have high blood pressure, or hypertension. Some say the number is as high as one-third. Since grade school it seems, I have had high blood pressure. I didn’t always know I had it, because I thought... (posted by Bob Alexander 254 days 16 hours ago.)

13. Three Things Kids Need When They Go Back To School! When my kids went back to school, I thought of when I had trod those dusty halls a generation before. When my grandkids returned to school after summer vacation this year, the same memories revisited me. Bravery: Few kids today know the joy of... (posted by Bob Alexander 272 days 16 hours ago.)

14. Don't Stop Taking Your Daily Medications! It’s not a good idea to suddenly quit taking your prescription drugs, without consulting your doctor. In fact, I may have caused a couple of the health problems I have today by not paying attention to the technical advice in the material I... (posted by Bob Alexander 279 days 17 hours ago.)

15. Two Kinds of Barbecue Heroes! There are two kinds of barbecue people in this world; those who knows what he is doing and the guy who thinks he has an idea of which end of the match to strike. Getting the fire lit sometimes presents a challenge. Take the curious case of a... (posted by Bob Alexander 291 days 11 hours ago.)

16. Don’t Take Mommy To Jail! It’s Just A Speeding Ticket! Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket. Most of us probably think that we had a momentary lapse in judgment and got caught, then chalk it up to experience. Unless you are desperately lonely and just want to meet people, going faster than the speed... (posted by Bob Alexander 303 days 21 hours ago.)

17. Big Mess On The Tennessee River! I look back upon my life and see where a big mess here or there added spiced to an otherwise ordinary existence. While I didn’t think so at the time, I call those momentary lapses in sanity God’s gift to me. He let me survive my... (posted by Bob Alexander 309 days 9 hours ago.)

18. Spike's Three Dangerous Adventures! My cat Spike ran away from home almost two weeks ago, but staggered home today. Boy, did he look rough! He had cuts on his face that had scabbed over and part of his left ear was gone. He was so skinny that his ribs were showing on both sides of... (posted by Bob Alexander 317 days ago.)

19. Four Steps To Opening A Barbecue Stand! Assume you have been fooling around with smoking pork shoulderss and smoked briskets in the back yard for several years. You have wowed your neighbors and friends with the quality of your tasty products and now you think it is time to take it to... (posted by Bob Alexander 322 days 12 hours ago.)

20. How To Keep Deer Out Of Your Green Beans And Squash! Growing green beans is not difficult as long as you keep the varmints away from them. Looking at the half eaten plants of my green beans, I noticed multiple deer tracks in the rain drenched rows of the bush beans. Some of the plants had been... (posted by Bob Alexander 338 days 23 hours ago.)

21. My Rules Of Boating and Fishing! Things have changed a lot since I first crossed the river in a boat. It was a kinder, gentler world of fun on the water. Now it is a war zone and it’s your navy against my navy! Such behavior used to be reserved for a Saturday or a Sunday... (posted by Bob Alexander 351 days 15 hours ago.)

22. How To Stay Married To A Crazy Woman For 10 Years! My wife and I have been married for a long time, but in an attempt to remain sane, I developed a list of what works in our marriage. I won’t mention the things that didn’t work because they are too numerous to count. But first, one... (posted by Bob Alexander 1 year 9 days ago.)

23. My Vacation Itinerary: Fish, Fish, Fish! With death and destruction all around us in the form of floods, tornados and earthquakes, it’s time to put aside my anxieties and plan my annual vacation to the Atlantic side of Florida. Visions of my last trip to the forgotten coast... (posted by Bob Alexander 1 year 14 days ago.)

24. Tornado Survival: What We Did When The Lights Went Out! The lights flickered once, twice, three times and then they went out entirely. No power, and later into the night, no water. Spring in the Deep South is tornado time and storms were springing up everywhere. EF5 tornados are a rare thing, but... (posted by Bob Alexander 1 year 21 days ago.)

25. Growing Chickens At Home! If you are planning on raising chickens in the city, the first thing you have to know is, is it legal. It may not be legal either because some cities and towns do not have such law on the books. My town does. Not everyone smiles at the sound of... (posted by Bob Alexander 1 year 28 days ago.)