The Cowden Blog is Back! (take two)

This is my second attempt at blogging. You can see the first attempt at cowdencorner.blogspot.com. I don't know what happened but Blogger didn't like my email address anymore and wanted me to sign in with a google address. When I did, it didn't let me link to my old blog like it said it would. So I decided to stop wasting time playing with it and just start over. Which isn't a bad thing. Maybe with a fresh start, I can be more consistent. So, here goes...