Hello, my name is Col. Jim, and this is my Old Place. Here you will find good food, better conversation, rockers available, and the dog doesn’t bite. Too many signs telling you to do this, do that, …

My name is Col. Jim, and this is my Old Place. Here you will find good food, better conversation, rockers are available, and the dog doesn’t bite. Up here, around the lake, we all have dogs. …

I was 18 and eager to skip this small town, see the world, take a long hard look around. I planned to try my hand at something new, have fun, run a bit wild, see what all I could do.