Category Archives: Special Update
Well, 50
It doesn’t seem right. Fifty is pretty old, and I am just sure I am neither pretty, nor old. One of the best parts of the day apart from being with my immediate family, has been hearing from old friends … Continue reading
New Host
As of this posting, I am hosted on a new host with this site. That’s one job done, and it paid for for the next three years. It’s a cold morning here on the farm. It got down to 20 … Continue reading
Insurrection, Impeachment, Inaguration
These are the Wednesdays of January. There is no other way to see this but as an historic moment in America. The first Wednesday showed the true colors of the Trump Presidency. And a person would have to of been … Continue reading
A Coup in America
Yesterday we witnessed something that has not been done in America before. Don’t let anyone belittle it by telling you it has happened before when a State House was taken by racists more than an hundred years ago. They did … Continue reading
2021–New Year, New Things
It is just a time marker, I know, and nothing more dramatic than that, but I am well in the habit of using it for the sake of making progress and moving forward, and sometimes just putting things behind me. … Continue reading
The Stars In Our Eyes
Where we live we are lucky have a fairly dark sky and a balcony facing south. Stepping out the door and onto the balcony can sometimes be like stepping off into the void of space itself. Tonight I was so … Continue reading
Today Was a Very Good Day
Today started out really well when I finally figured out what has been wrong with the keyboard I bought with my tablet a little over a year ago. It worked for about a month, then developed some dodgy problem that … Continue reading
Coronavirus Lockdown Thoughts
This is the great cataclysm that the preppers have all been preparing for. Well, a lighter version, actually, but the world seems to have ground to a halt nonetheless, and those people who were preppers are probably not worried in … Continue reading
Religion & Politics
When I was a kid, I often heard older folks say, “two things you should never discuss are religion and politics.” Old folks new that people’s differences of opinions would lead to a social fracturing. They knew on a deeper … Continue reading
Considerations of the Time It Is Now
It has been positively lovely having my wife’s sister with us these last three months. She has been a light in our family, and has worked and earned her keep. Now, obviously, one does not have to earn our hospitality, … Continue reading