Since I’ve been busier than a one-armed paper hanger recently, I’m going to let my friend Slim Randles entertain you today. But first, a word about that old adage. In my youth, I hung a lot of wall paper, and I have to say that there’s no way that a person can do that with …
Spring is about to burst out in my corner of the world! Daffodils are dotting the fields with bright yellow blossoms, and one iris bloomed in my yard already. Some irises are so hardy they survive cold and drought and being pushed around by small dozers clearing land for a new home. These guys ended up along …
Brutal Season, the fourth book in the Seasons Mystery Series is getting closer and closer to being ready for the release date of April 10. The cover is finished, thanks to the awesome graphic designer Dany. I’d say she was awesome even if she wasn’t my daughter. 🙂 This coming Friday there’ll be a book …
First off, is anyone missing a duck? Last Friday, after the week-long deep freeze in Texas, I ventured out for my morning walk and saw this bird hunched for warmth on my neighbor’s sidewalk. I thought for sure the bird was dying, but it has survived and is even thriving. My neighbors are feeding it, …
Sadly, too much of the news last week was about the police brutality that lead to the death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year old black man who was beaten by five black police officers in Memphis on January 7 and died three days later. In his article in The New York Times, Charles blow called …
Until I saw the news Sunday morning about the mass shooting in Monterey California, I had a whole different plan for today’s blog. Even had a few things set up in draft, and I’ll probably keep those since my heart is so heavy and my trigeminal neuralgia pain is screaming at me. It’s hard to …
Let’s all take a moment to stop what we are doing and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr as we commemorate his birthday today. If only his dream of equality and justice for all could come true for people of color everywhere. In years past, I’ve written about Dr. King and his legacy here on …
This morning I saw a news report on a shooting at a school in Richmond, VA. I’d been offline most of Saturday and Sunday alternating between writing and caring for a new kitty and playing with a jigsaw puzzle. More about the news item a bit later in the blog post, but first, here’s Max …
Since Christmas is fast approaching, faster than my preparations are going, I’m going to let Slim Randles entertain you, while I dash off to bake some cookies. Mine won’t be quite as pretty as these, but I’ll do my best. This post from Slim is a repeat of one from a few years ago, but …
Since winter is closing in, I thought a picture of a pretty flower would brighten what is otherwise a cloudy day here in my corner of the world. Somebody posted this on Twitter the other day, and it so perfectly says something about me. It took me a long time to realize that the trigeminal …