THE ADVENTURES OF JJ PICKLETOES

It is a frosty morning.  We are out for an adventure in the ‘hood.  We are doing some interesting things.  We stopped and watched a gaggle of geese in the field.  They are having a rest before starting their long journey to some place with a warmer winter.  I should go with them.  Wouldn’t it…

Have your parents tried to save time and energy?  . Parents out there.  Have you tried to do things to save time and energy?  . My parents are always trying to save time and energy.  . They both have jobs and then after work they love to spend time with me.  And I am a handful.  A…

The details.  That is where you see the important things.  . There is a photo that my parents set up.   A nice Fall, Thanksgiving photo.  There is a dashing young man sitting behind three pumpkins.  It is set up nicely, with me and some pumpkins overlooking the street from our balcony.  At first glance you notice…

I had been searching for it for a long time.  Do you know what it is like to have been searching and searching for something and then finally you find it?  Your keys.  Your phone.  Remember the old days when you could just follow the cord until you found your…

My Mom says that she started when she was 3 years old.  My grandpa says that he started when he was 2 years old.  I have already started, and I am only 17 months old.   At least I have proof.  . Working that is.  . Grandpa says that he was…

I have been wondering.  Have you ever wondered about it?  If I have been wondering about something, perhaps other people have been wondering about it as well.  What is that analog clock all about anyway?  There are 3 hands, that go around and around and around, and around all day…

Where did you get to play when you were young?  Grandpa says that he never got time to play when he was young.  He was raised on a farm in the 1970’s.   There were cows and pigs and horses to feed.   There was grass to cut and wood to chop. …

  I was wondering.  What do letters and pliers have in common?  Probably nothing.  Really,  .  I was wondering.   How am I going to get those letters off the front of the dishwasher?  . Will I have to use a wrench?  . Will I have to use pliers?  . Will…

If you are on the top of it.  They call it, “The Channel.”  If you go under it,   they call it “The Chunnel”.  You know what I am talking about.  The English Channel.  There have been 2,428 crossings of the English Channel by 1,881 different people.  I am talking…

The days are hot.  Really hot.  The nights are cold,  Not so cold, but cold enough.  . It is a small price to pay.  I am crossing this desert mountain range for just one reason. . Let me introduce myself.  I am El Senor JJ Pickletoes,  Most people call me…