Well, I managed to avoid joining the stream of folks wishing happiness and prosperity to everyone on WordPress, YouTube, Facebook, …
Missed the New Year blog frenzy!
03 Wednesday Jan 2018
Music for the soul–or not
07 Sunday May 2017
Posted in Money, music, Opinion, Uncategorized
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I recently bought an album of music from the iTunes store. Now, this isn’t particularly unusual for me, because I …
It’s in my hot little hands!
21 Tuesday Mar 2017
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What is? The book, of course! Brevity in Paradise is available in paperback on Amazon, and with Prime shipping, I …
On Tenterhooks
13 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in Blogging, Fiction, History, Uncategorized, Writing
Idioms drop into our language from sources that we’d never think about and then change so that the original connotation …
It’s been a quiet week in Lake…wood
08 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Eating out, Family, Holidays, Home, Love, Marriage, Memories, Uncategorized, Writing
Ha! I’ll bet you thought I was going to say Lake Wobegon, didn’t you? Maybe not. Maybe Prairie Home Companion …
Rachmaninoff and near-rain
30 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in Garden, Home, Nature, Uncategorized, Weather
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They didn’t even bother to promise us rain for today, although I sincerely believe that the weather pundits do that …
Art for the sake of family harmony
01 Saturday Aug 2015
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“How’s it going?” “It’s coming along all right. Almost done now.” Richard lifted the brush tip from still-wet canvas and …
It’s WINTER. Where’s my weather laugh?
27 Saturday Dec 2014
Winter has finally come to southern California. At this time of the year I usually pop out some cheery Facebook …
Are these foods even around any more?
03 Wednesday Dec 2014
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Chili Size When I was growing up in the Los Angeles area and in the Eisenhower era, my dad was …
The mind boggles
03 Wednesday Dec 2014
Posted in Blogging, Home, Internet, Uncategorized, Writing
I got up this morning and fully intended to write something important in this spot. However, some demon possessed me …
After The Commercial 