Growing up, Sunday was family day. Big breakfast (the very best part of the day), then Catholic Mass, and after that, to points unknown, sometimes even to us. But I did not appreciate these little intrusions into my busy Sunday schedule. I had my Pop Warner football game to play and then my “busy schedule”Continue reading “Sunday”
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Nothing Off Limits
In my book Emotions: Not Your Mama’s ABC’s, nothing is off limits. It is truly an emotional rollercoaster, testing your emotional resilience to read, decipher, and experience each story (or preface) on its own merit. It may also have you questioning my sanity on occasion. Definitely not for speedreading despite its length. An example ofContinue reading “Nothing Off Limits”
Right or Wrong?
This fine Friday morning in Arizona is awesome. It is supposed to get up to about 70 today. In the middle of January. I will definitely miss the warm weather when we leave, but I am excited to start a new chapter in our lives. You see, the more I get to know myself withContinue reading “Right or Wrong?”
Counting Sheep
Insomnia. It happens that every so often I have a little trouble falling asleep, but now that I’m retired, it doesn’t really count. I am not an afternoon napper, so lost sleep from nighttime is just that. Lost. I love my sack time. I can, and have, slept for prodigious lengths of time when needed.Continue reading “Counting Sheep”
Collecting Things
I was quite the collector in my youth. It all started with my marble collection at age five. I kept that valuable assortment of cateyes, steelies, and bumblebees of all sizes for years. I was really good and if you were good enough, you could win ALL the marbles the kids had in the neighborhood.Continue reading “Collecting Things”
City Life
Not a big fan. When I moved to Arizona in 2001, I did not know it would be for twenty years. Karen and I have always enjoyed an existence that included a lot of travel. As we near our twentieth year of residence, all we are waiting for is the “green light” (pandemic-wise) to moveContinue reading “City Life”
Outrageous
As my loyal 17 followers know, I am bound to say or do anything on this platform and now I am starting to learn just enough to be dangerous. Starting with my blogpost TODAY, Jan. 11th, I will post a link to one of the songs I have written, recorded, and performed. I will postContinue reading “Outrageous”
Holding On
Well, we finally took down the Christmas lights, and when I say we, I mean Karen. She did a great job this year, but even by her own admission, her display did not compare to my previous editions of the “Jewels of the Desert” as I called them. My annual light display was legendary, ifContinue reading “Holding On”
Why So Angry?
I don’t get it. What possible good does it do? It leads to hypertension and other ill effects to the body and central nervous system. It shortens life spans. It divides families, cities, states, and as recent events have illustrated; it divides nations. I write about anger and other emotions listed under the 26 lettersContinue reading “Why So Angry?”
Hard Work Pays Off
This is an excerpt from my book EMOTIONS: Not Your Mama’s ABC’s where I assign emotions to the different letters of the alphabet. Under the letter Q: “Querulous implies complaining, something I do, but mostly in private. My problem is that I’ve never given a shit about anything, so if I don’t care, IContinue reading “Hard Work Pays Off”
