Some days are more difficult than others when dealing with the loss of a dear companion. Went down memory lane with phone pics (mostly) from the last year. RIP Mr. Worf. […]
Just Saying, Bless His Heart
“Just saying” is a new version of old turn of phrase, just saying. I love language. It is all arbitrary sounds associated with meaning that we create in our heads. How amazing is that? That we can communicate with each other at all astounds me. We have layered meaning on meaning and teach everything to […]
Six Months until the World Ends
I don’t actually think so; the world will be much the same on Dec. 22nd, 2012 as is was the day before. I’m planning a party for December 22nd of this year, but the apocalypse aficionados are hopeful that I’m wrong. There are some seriously demented folks out there and they seem to want horrible […]
Defining Myself: Progressive, Pissed-off, Action-prone, Multiple Genre Music Lover, and Late Boomer
There is one thing I love about blogging every single day in these monthly blog challenges like NaBloPoMo, and that is finding new blogs that I can learn from. Dangling participles or not, cross-sectional slices of culture are deserving of a dollop of whipped cream in my book, almost as much serendipitous mind-bending explosions of […]
Day Late and a Dollar Short
My timing sucks! I came down with the flu, aches, chills, cough, the whole enchilada, right at the time the political and news editor of BlogHer suggests that I write a counterpoint to a member post on the site in a comment to that post. Thank heavens Mona Gable wrote a counterpoint piece. I only […]
I am OFFICIALLY Years Behind: An Inverse Bucket List
I am officially years behind in “stuff” I have to do. My biggest fear is that I will die before I get the really important stuff done. That is right, I do not fear death. Digression: I’ve seen the tunnel, felt the love, and have no worries on that front. But there is so much […]