Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
This post was originally planned for late September. I moved it up in the rotation for two reasons. One, my friend Kate posted a story (I lost the link but Kate put it in a comment) about how they are tearing a historic building down in Portland, OR in order to replace it with a... Continue Reading →
When we are planning on going out to dinner, I don’t like to eat very much for lunch. On the other hand, even though we eat dinner early, it’s not like I’m going to make it all day without a meal. So, I have breakfast. It’s not much of a disruption, since I love having... Continue Reading →
I appreciate that you stuck with me for six-days-in-a-row of blog posts last week. Two extraordinary posts filled in the normal respite from my blather. Both posts were for good causes but I do worry about overdoing it – I wouldn’t want my editor to go on strike (or ask for a raise). So this... Continue Reading →
When things go wrong, experienced bloggers reach for the backspace key. When things go wrong during a post that is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun Stream of Consciousness Saturday series, the backspace key, as well as its sister key ‘delete’ is off limits. When things go so far wrong that a blog post turns... Continue Reading →
I hope my regular readers can take another story that involves baseball. Hey, it’s the stuff of summer, particularly in the US. Trust me, this story is different. This story is better. This story makes me feel good, and that’s what this blogfest is all about. This is a story about a big bunch of... Continue Reading →
One of the things we take for granted today is electricity. We plug stuff in and the stuff whirrs to life, lights up, cools down, washes our clothes, cooks our food, and so on and so on. We tend to only notice electricity when something goes wrong, during a power outage or when the things... Continue Reading →
I don’t remember exactly how old Faith was at the time, maybe 12 or 13, but we had gone into New York on a frigid Saturday to walk around, see some sights and do some shopping. As we were walking up 5th Avenue, we stopped for a light at E 41st St. While waiting, a... Continue Reading →
Announcing the Launch of Murder at the Bijou — Three Ingredients I Introducing the second “three things” serial, in novel form — Murder at the Bijou — Three Ingredients I. Yes, that’s the cover. (I love making covers!) I kept it similar to the one for the first serial, The Three Things Serial Story, but... Continue Reading →
…near the one and the little hand is on the six. That’s how I learned how to tell time. My dad would ask me to go check the time and I would report back. He would then quiz me as to proper way to tell him the time. By the way, that was “it’s about... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you’d have a technical question for me. “So, Mr. Wizard, I have a question for you about your blog.” “And that would be...?” “Are you actually up and writing these things at 6:04 am?” "No, not as a rule.” “So, they’re scheduled in advance?” “Yes, it’s a fairly common... Continue Reading →
