Author Archives: J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Our Actress Granddaughter

Our youngest granddaughter, Jade, has been performing in community theater projects for several years. We’ve been fortunate to be able to see some of those productions in person while visiting her in her home state, and many more via personally-made … Continue reading

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Happy 29th Anniversary Of Meeting Cindy

Tonight is the 29th anniversary of meeting Cindy, who turned out to be the love of my life. Here’s the story of that fateful night which I originally wrote about 12 years ago tonight.

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Holy Halloween, Batman!

Back on Halloween in 1966 I was 11 years old. The Batman TV Series had premiered on January 12th of that year and by the time Halloween rolled around 10 months later the comic book character had become a bonafide … Continue reading

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No Kings Protest in Statesboro, Georgia

Cindy and I happened to be staying nearby on October 18th, so we decided to take part in the No Kings Protest that was being held in Statesboro, Georgia. This was the first No Kings Protest we had attended, since … Continue reading

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National Kiss A Wrestler Day

October 5th of each year is observed as National Kiss A Wrestler Day and, since I’ve done a bit of wrestling but never gotten kissed for it, I thought we’d talk about that today. I may have mentioned before that … Continue reading

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Wolf Passed Away 15 Years Ago Today

Before Bella, there was Wolf. And Wolf passed away 15 years ago today, September 29, 2010. I wrote about that horrible night on this blog before. Even reading through it again today brought tears to my eyes and heaviness to … Continue reading

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National Daughter’s Day

Happy National Daughter’s Day. I have one daughter by blood, AnnMarie. I remember the first time I laid eyes on my daughter shortly after she was born so many years ago. I felt as if my entire world had changed, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday To Cindy

My darling, my love; I wish you the happiest of birthdays and thank you for being the candle in my life that never goes out and the beautiful face I never grow tired of gazing upon. Happy Birthday!

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Happy Felt Hat Day

Happy Felt Hat Day! I bought my first felt hat more than a decade ago at a General Store not far from our cabin in North Carolina. It has been one of my favorite hats through the years.

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Happy Star Trek Day

It was on this date, September 8th in 1966 that the first episode of Star Trek titled “The Man Trap” aired on NBC in the United States (lucky Canadian viewers got to see it on September 6th). I was 11 … Continue reading

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