The Anniversary of my future death
Every year I unknowingly pass the anniversary of my future death. Thank you, W. S. Merwin.
I Kill Giants and A Monster Calls
Sat down and watched a movie called I Kill Giants this evening. It’s a coming of age tale of a young girl, Barbara, an outsider who doesn’t make friends easily. She’s weird, she plays D&D,…
Nail polish … just like painting a house?
The other day my wife asked me to apply nail polish to her nails. Once again, I’m the last person you want to ask about fashion or what color goes with what. “It’s not that…
Mystery Of The Shredded Paper Bits
So, a while back I mentioned my love of shredding paper in a paper shredder. I get to small stacks of the files as I have time and opportunity. In between shredding sessions, I empty…
Deadline gone amiss
Well, it’s obvious by now that I didn’t hit my deadline for getting the collection of Christmas flash fiction tales out to market. I took Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, in an effort to…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, dear reader! If you celebrate something different, or nothing at all, I hope your day is filled with family, friends, and fun.
A search and destroy mission for ….
“But I have to have a matched set,” says my wife. First off, let me say that I am not a design person, nor a fashion person, and I am absolutely the last person you…
An early Christmas visit with the grandkids
We visited with some of the grandkids this afternoon for an early little Christmas celebration. My stepson passed away in June of 2022 and for various reasons we won’t be able to gather with his…
Running up against a deadline
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” – Douglas Adams So. That project that I’ve been hinting at for the last couple of weeks? Well, I’m working on…
Firefly Dice Game – Shiny!
Got to hang out with some old college buddies today for a day of gaming and not doing anything important. One of the things we did was try a new game called Firefly Shiny Dice.…