Howl-oween Traditions
Hello dear reader! Today I have to rant; well, perhaps not rant as that is a fairly strong word and while impassioned, I intend to remain essentially calm and composed,…
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October 31, 2019
Happy Halloween
This past weekend was our annual family Halloween party; we had 35 or 40 people here with 12 or 14 of them kids. I had the yard, but especially the…
October 28, 2019
A Signpost up Ahead
Friday (tomorrow) marks the six month anniversary of my retirement, not that it’s really any big deal; I think the one year anniversary is a bit of a noteworthy event…
October 25, 2019
Welcome…
...dear reader, to my new website! The web address is unchanged as you already know, but I am now hosted on SiteGround and fully formatted using WordPress. What all that…
October 24, 2019
Managing Perspective
How do you reconcile the chasm of misconception when you see a person do one thing and find it normal and harmless and your friend sees the same thing only…
October 21, 2019
E Pluribus Unum – Out of Many, One
There are few things quicker to rise than cries of complaint from people screaming about their individual rights. They wail that their personal right to…..whatever…..should mean that no one can…
October 16, 2019
Chiba, Japan
What’s in a number?
I confess, or perhaps profess, dear reader, that I don’t know if there is one of you or ten of you or even one hundred. And truth be told, I…
October 11, 2019
Your True Colors
A serene solo hike yesterday; a gray day with drizzle, fog, and mist – none of which dampened my spirits. The change is in high gear now; the lush overlay…
October 9, 2019
Twisted Time Abstract Time Concept Illustration.
A Temporal Tempest
As I am sure I have written before in the months leading up to my retirement, I spent countless hours planning it, including the date. At first, the date was…
October 6, 2019
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Took a short trip out to the Cape for an anniversary celebration. (A side note here; it has been our inside joke for years that I was married to my…
October 3, 2019