I seem to be pulling out of my illness. I've a lingering cough and my tonsils are still quite swollen, so I'll continue to isolate s...

I surprised myself to note that just three months into this year, I've already blogged several times as often as I did last year. Of cou...

Baby, life's what you make it Celebrate it Anticipate it Yesterday's faded Nothing can change it Life's what you make it ...

It was exactly one year ago today, a Friday, such a beautiful day that was full of the promise of Spring. Two phone calls came from Mom tha...

68 hours from now, I will no longer be able to say "My father was alive a year ago." My jaw aches from clenching back the grief ...

Will write more later. Trying to get a lot done while self semi-quarantined. Interesting times, not necessarily fun. At least the refri...

Like the smudgey little spots up close on canvas that coalesce with distance into an image that is nearly photographic, I see now how someth...

Today is Dad's 78th birthday. Times have been rough since losing him so suddenly, but in spite of the sadness, more than anything I reme...

I will write more at length, later, but I have to mark this occasion now. I've written so many times of my lovely, wonderful parents. We...

Ridiculously busy as I am teaching at my university now. Every day is a learning experience, but almost all classes have been a good experie...

May your day be filled with smiles and contentment. Please enjoy this stirring rendition of The Stars & Stripes Forever on the Majesti...

Mochi is 6 this year, but she will always be a baby, my little guttersnipe.

In February of 2016, Gay_Cynic came to Texas for a visit, and many friends gathered and we had a grand time. He had a wonderful visit and we...

No one ever calls up 9-1-1 to say they are having a good day. Think about that. The very nature of the emergent situations wherein law enf...