Consider this a coming attractions of posts: Classic truck maintenance on a budget: Or How I Learned That Swearing and Fussing Fixes Things. The Life and Times of a Ridiculous Beast: The Adventures of Brisby Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Electric Death The Continuing Struggle The Chronic Gardener Baseball As A Non-Pro Adult: A DiscoveryContinue reading “Coming Soon!”
Author Archives: Brerpossum
Prompts
So as I’ve been sitting here thinking about things to write, it strikes me that a lot of it is overly pensive or negative. Although that is definitely a decent purpose of a blog: providing a place for a writer to bitch about life; that isn’t what I really wanted to do here. I alsoContinue reading “Prompts”
Mind Invader Comics Issue #1: A Review
Whenever I find myself in my hometown of Marietta, Georgia, I always make a habit of meeting up with an old friend and going to a bar in the square named Johnny MacCracken’s. A self described “Celtic Firehouse Pub” anchoring the corner of an old southern town square, it is an eclectic place with multipleContinue reading “Mind Invader Comics Issue #1: A Review”
And The Dead Shall Rise: A Review
Steve Oney’s And The Dead Shall Rise has been on my radar for a decade, and related to me my entire life. The book recounts the murder of Mary Phagan, the investigation that followed, the trials of Leo Frank, his lynching, and the media circus that surrounded the entire affair. It represents excellent scholarship andContinue reading “And The Dead Shall Rise: A Review”
Happy New…whatever
‘Tis the season for talk about hopes for the new year. We’ve spent the past 12 months bitching about how terrible 2020 was, and now that we discern enough time has gone by, everything is supposed to be all better now. I’ve never quite understood the concept, and after this year, I find it ratherContinue reading “Happy New…whatever”
Historical Context, Present Troubles, Future Concerns
So I was reading our local paper this morning when I found an article about an execution that happened. The Associated Press article drew a comparison between the rate of executions under Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland. I do not think the AP article was meant to be complimentary towards the president. That kind ofContinue reading “Historical Context, Present Troubles, Future Concerns”
Chicken Stew
So I’m making a chicken and vegetable stew. I make this in a Crock-Pot, and it’s super easy. Ingredients: One package of white mushrooms One package of baby carrots One Vidalia or other sweet onion One whole celery heart One whole bell pepper A shameful amount of garlic One large stewing or frying hen. ChickenContinue reading “Chicken Stew”
Modern WordPress
So do you ever find yourself sitting around thinking, “I am getting too big for my own britches. I sure think I’m awfully smart. I need to be humbled and taken down several pegs inexplicably.”? Do you ever wonder how to make the already convoluted world of web-hosting and publishing more inaccessible and difficult? WonderContinue reading “Modern WordPress”
Welcome to the Persimmon Tree
Welcome to the website. Here we promise subpar content at no prices. I’ll ramble from time to time about whatever comes to mind. We’ll see how that goes. The Brer Possum, Persimmon Tree, and the quote at the top of the pages is a reference to the works of Joel Chandler Harris. His work, TheContinue reading “Welcome to the Persimmon Tree”