THE ADVENTURES OF JJ PICKLETOES

BABY DEDICATION AND OTHER THINGS.   Sunday.  It was a big day for Joseph.  . It was baby dedication morning at our church.  For Joseph,   and 6 or 8 of his friends.  . I am only 2 years old so I can’t count that well.  . Pastor Earl had a nice service for the babies,   although it…

Has it ever happened to you?  . Were you trying to do one thing, and you ended up doing something else?  . It happened to me this week.  . I learned to do a somersault.  . Don’t worry, I am okay. Now.  I was trying to be a big boy and walk down…

Are you the one?  , Are you the oldest sibling?  . Are you the most responsible sibling?  . Are you the oldest and most responsible? .  Are you the one that gets into trouble, even if you didn’t do anything?  Because “you should know better.’’  . I am that one.  I am the oldest…

It feels like summer today.  I know it isn’t officially summer, but it is getting closer.  . What are some things that come to mind as summer gets closer and the weather gets warmer?  . Is it wearing shorts, like my brother and I when we are getting ready to go and play outside?  .…

How do great ideas start?  Do they start by accident?  Do they start by trial and error?  Or are ideas and inventions getting started by necessity?  Do people just keep inventing and inventing, until they have a great idea, like James Dyson or Alexander Graham Bell?  What about inventors like Antonio Meucci?  I bet thet you haven’t heard of…

There is a lot of pressure being a kid in today’s world.  There is climate change, there is fast fashion,  there is streaking.   . Sometime between those things, I have to read to my brother, and we both have to nap.    . Life at my age is busy.  Life is busy at every age, then…

What a week here at the office.  There is always something going on.  Monday started out nice, and then it snowed,   and snowed,   and snowed some more.  By the time the afternoon came, I had to shovel all the snow off the deck.  It took me a couple of passes across the deck to clear the…

     Did you ever think that you could do it?  . At my young age I didn’t think I could do it.  . Read.  . My brother Joseph and I just received some nice gifts from our good friends in Germany.  It was very thoughtful of them.  There were some nice towels and some…

I am not talking about going on a march.  . Although I did that today,  on the street.  . We walked down the street and then back up.  Or did we walk up the street and then back down?  . I never know how to say that.  Am I down for that, or am I up for that?  Only a Hipster would know for…