These blog posts are about the immediate members of my family (“DH” = “Doodle Husband” … “DS” = “Doodle Son” … “DD” = “Doodle Daughter”). We call it “Doodleville.”

GOBLINS, GHOSTS AND DOODLES…

I remember it like it was yesterday - the beginning of the sixties era, "Mary Poppins" twinkled brightly on the theater marque downtown, The "Munster's" came on television once a week, and my older sister jumped around the house listening and singing to the tunes of "The Beatles." But the highlight that year for me ...

CARRIAGE FOR SALE – DIRT CHEAP!

Father’s day rolls around and the two legged dependents decided their father needed an activity, so they purchased a bicycle. Now don’t get me wrong, I thought it was an excellent idea. “Eat sensibly and exercise” we’ve all grown up hearing those words, right? But I took a great idea and all by myself - ruined ...

THE 4TH OF JULY WAS EASY, BUT NOT THE CHICKEN…

We survived the 4th of July fireworks just fine this year I am happy to say. As with children, if you predict one thing the exact opposite will almost always occur. Surprisingly the fireworks did not upset Harley as much this year. Don’t get it twisted, he didn’t ENJOY them, but he didn’t have that ...