This Is Not a Christmas Post

Yeah, yeah, I know it’s technically New Year’s Day. I’ll get to that at some point. You should know by … More

Salt and Peppah

It’s been a couple of tough work weeks followed by fun, life-affirming weekends, and I am not strapped into this … More

Can I Hear You Now?

I originally published this in 2016, and I was telling some new friends about this hearing test saga. I can’t … More

An Ode to Garfield the Cynical Cat

I was telling this story to a friend, and I thought the ending was quite amusing and she replied, “I’m … More

Santa Liar

I’ve posted this before, but ’tis the season. This is going out to all the beleaguered people out there trying … More

Return of the Eagle

My sister and I returned to the house we rented in the spring, the one where we saw the resident … More

Juneteenth, a Little Late

I started this post to coincide with Juneteenth earlier this year, and here we are in September. But guess what, … More

Something There Is that Doesn’t Love Corn

With apologies to Robert Frost, but the thing that doesn’t like walls also doesn’t like corn, or at least my … More

Saturday Nights Were All Right

I would like to report that after 1 month of supply chain delays I finally got my old ass car … More

I Want to Swim Like an Eagle

I decided to get the hell out of Dodge last week because I’m still struggling with COVID the pandemic (not … More