Pitts, Lee

It may come as a surprise to many regular readers of this column to learn that such a serious writer as myself has written...

Don't you wonder how the various events in modern day rodeo got started?     As was told to me, rodeo events were supposedly based on things...

As a child I was ALWAYS taught to respect my elders but now days it's getting harder and harder to find one. One of...

People the world over use their fingers to communicate; mostly in rude ways. Hip teenagers and Italians couldn’t communicate if they had to wear...

I blame all these coffee mugs, flower pots, cartoons, posters and greeting cards with Holstein cows on them for the declining consumption of beef...

Have you ever seen something in a grocery store or restaurant and wondered what the person who first tasted it must have been thinking?...

I've always assumed the term "tree huggers" originated in the 1960's when strung-out hippies wrapped their needle-ridden arms around trees so that big, bad...

Contrary to her name, Happy is a not-so-cheerful 47 year old elephant who is being held in captivity against her will, at least according...

You've worked, scrimped and saved to put together a ranch for your children only to learn that your kids want no part of the...

When people ask my wife what I do for a living she replies, "He's a writer." It's the only time I've ever heard her...