Unnatural Disasters
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Wouldn't you know it was time for something, at least, to go haywire?Today
was that day. Although it started out so nice.I did the cat chores after
sleep...
Friday holiday
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We have a public holiday today. Our football grand final is tomorrow so we
all get the day off today to prepare
Me well I started on the rose garden Tho...
End Of The Season
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There are only three days left. I am speaking about Major League Baseball.
Most of you know that the Detroit Tigers are my team.
We have not done well th...
A day in the life, and another, and another
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*Being one of the last of the big-time spenders, I took my wife out to
breakfast yesterday at one of the local fast-food drive-through
establ...
Mixed Media
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Thanks to Sublunary Review for publishing my poem, Mixed Media. It's no
secret this is my favorite poem. I'm so glad it found a home with
Sublunary Rev...
The Australian Botanic Garden
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The Australian Botanic Garden is about a 40 minute drive from my place so
it's a shock for me to realise that the last time I was there was probably
th...
Sunday Selections #647
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*Sunday Selections* was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as
an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos
...
Notes from the American Road
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We just got home from a road trip -- three weeks from Philadelphia to
Madison, WI, then back through Canada and upstate New York to a family
gatheri...
Prodigal Returns
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I'm back!
It's been over three years since my last post - and a hell of a lot has
happened since!
I finished my BA degree, released an album titled "Bac...
Arthur Machen's White Powder
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Despite the title, this is a short story, and actually on the shorter side
of short. It was originally published in 1895 along with two other
interwoven ...
Gardens
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The house at dawn
I planted the peppers and tomatoes in patio pots to keep an eye on them.
Since I was gone on vacation during planting season, things h...
Thoughts on Taylor Swift
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I’m definitely not an average fan. I ‘discovered’ Taylor Swift and her
music not even a year ago, and besides that, I’m seventy-five. You won’t
find me ...
Jesus Calms the Storm Mark 4:35-41
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Have you ever seen this painting? It’s Rembrandt’s imagining of the scene
we find in Mark 4 where Jesus calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee. It’s
d...
Untreated Chronic Pain Is Terrifyingly Agonizing
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I am having the worst pain of my life this week. I know there are many
others suffering, too. It is unbearably debilitating. 🥺
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“Few thin...
The Final Post
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This is my last post. I haven't blogged much over the past year or so and
I've decided to bring closure to what was once an important part of my
life. Th...
Slow food
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I've had a strange summer. In mid June I fell while getting out of an
elevator, in a rush to get to my hotel room after a loud, noisy, crazy
family party....
Ridgeland Roadhouse
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*From the Don Jackson Collection*
"A small buidling is home to a restaurant in Ridgeland." -- Library caption.
Get your Schlitz here. And your home cooked...
I have given but little time to blogs lately--my own or others--because I am preparing for shoulder surgery in December on the shoulder opposite the one that had been done in the photo. After surgery, I will be limited to using one arm for three months, so I am working to get as many chores out of the way as possible. If something important occurs in your life that you want me to know about, please post it in the form of a response to my last entry.