Category Archives: Feature

  I spent most of my life sitting behind the steering wheel of a semi-truck. I listened to and talked on a CB radio a lot of years. Everyone had a code name (or handle). Mine was Happy Hooker because of my big nose with a bump or crook on it. Another man from here worked for the same company...

  Not much exciting happening lately. It’s hotter than heck, but everyone is aware of that. There are daughters and granddaughters and their animals still living with me. In fact, we gained a cat. There are now four cats and a dog. I wrote before about the kitten they found that was injured, and they had the vet...

I still have three cats and one dog living in my home along with two daughters and two granddaughters. It’s like a Zoo Parade. The cats all come from different homes. They fight nonstop day and night. The cats howl while they fight, and I can’t get any sleep. When the cats stop howling for a...

The Fourth of July is approaching. I can’t help but remember all the goofy floats I entered into that parade when my kids were young and even when my grandkids were young. Most of them had several things going wrong on parade day. I once built a Ninja Turtle. We had built a huge turtle head on the...

My life has gone through quite a change of late. My daughter and her cat (Winston Churchill) are staying in my home right now. The cat is spoiled. He races up and down the stairs at night and howls. I sleep with a fly swatter in my hand. When he gets close enough, I whack him and...

(**Disclaimer: DZ and the Coffee Cup Café staff have a fantastic relationship, so this article is all in fun.**) Eating has become one of my favorite pastimes. I started cooking about 20 years ago. My menu is somewhat limited. I’m fairly good at doing fried eggs, beef roasts, and anything I can fit on my gas...