This blog comes from heart of a southerner; but speaks from the roots of a midwesterner. Midwesterners are known for their plain and matter of fact manner of speaking. Thus speaking plainly means simply this: accept my words to mean no more or less than what you see and read. I enjoy writing and painting pictures with words of expression. I hope you enjoy what you read and I hope you will come back often to see what pictures I have painted with each blog I post.