I STILL NEED YOUR HELP. So far 256 of you have made a voluntary $12 dollar donation to TSwails.com. If we can get 145 more, this train keeps on chugging. Thanks to your generous donations to date, we are on our way and with just a little more help we're going to achieve our goal. All I'm asking is that if you enjoy the site and see value in it, please consider a voluntary subscription. I'm asking $12.00 dollars for a year. That's $1 dollar a month or 3 cents a blog if you co

DEAR FRIENDS... On behalf of my family, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the tremendous outpouring of sympathy and support related to my father's passing. He would be so amazed at the thousands of people who visited the site to read my tribute to him. Several hundred of you sent personal messages. In fact, there are so many that right now I don't have the time to personally thank you all. However, rest assured my family read each and every one and your word

It is with a heavy heart that I speak on the half of my family regarding the loss of a man I deeply admired and loved, my father Arnold "BOO" Swails who passed away at the age of 92. He and mom were married in 1950 about the time this picture was taken. Their journey together began as high school sweethearts, and they never looked back. Joined at the hip their marriage lasted 71 years. This picture in 1955 shows dad holding me clearing thinking, "what have I gotten myself in

FEELING THE LOVE. Over the past two weeks thanks to your generous donations, we've been raising the funds necessary to cover the cost of this site. We are on our way and with your continued support we're going to make our goal. Still, we have a ways to go and I'm asking those of you that enjoy the insights and effort that goes into this site to consider a voluntary subscription. I'm asking $12.00 dollars for a year. That's $1 dollar a month or 3 cents a blog if you consider t

FEELING THE LOVE. Over the past two weeks thanks to your generous donations, we've been raising the funds necessary to cover the cost of this site. We are on our way and with your continued support we're going to make our goal. Still, we have a ways to go and I'm asking those of you that enjoy the insights and effort that goes into this site to consider a voluntary subscription. I'm asking $12.00 dollars for a year. That's $1 dollar a month or 3 cents a blog if you consider t