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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Letters from a Middle-Aged US Citizen (#1)

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Slips, not slides. Well, for the past two years, I have been sliding, especially when it has come to writing. The best way to get out of lif...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Meandering Thoughts (#26)

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Hey, was it talking about today's road trip ? This fortune arrived back in October. Does that mean I have to wait until next year? I las...
Monday, October 6, 2025

A Deep Breath (#30)

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I am not in need of good luck right now. Serendipity? She never showed up. As long as I am willing to leave the house, I guess. It's bee...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Apologies for the Long Silence (Again)...

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Seriously, for me it has been a difficult lesson to accept and implement. I  have returned. For how long and in what form, I do not know. An...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

My 250th Post!

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(My last three fortune cookies. I do enjoy star-filled nights. However, whomever I meet through a mutual friend better NOT be the one provi...
Friday, May 30, 2025

A (Sort of) Book Review (#6)

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(Clicking on the image above will take you to an NPR interview with the author.) Post 5 of 6. Which of these books is not like the other? We...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

A (Sort of) Book Review (#5)

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Post 4 of 6. If you are wondering what all this counting is about, you can find an explanation in the first two paragraphs from this post . ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

A (Sort of) Book Review (#4)

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Post 3 of 6. Another non-fiction book review. And, another author who grew up poor, but this time under the constant threat of an abusive fa...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

A (Sort of) Book Review (#3)

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This is post 2 of 6. It is a kind of book review in which I reveal as much about myself as the book. Okay, I probably talk more about my own...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Memorial Day Post

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I sketched that. The original, I believe,  was the size of a 3x5 notecard. Sorry for the poor quality of this image. This is post 1 of 6. It...