California suburbanites fresh to rural Texas in 1964, my folks rented an older place on the outskirts of a small town. Comprised of at least an acre of land with a pretty little creek meandering through the south side of the property, it turned out to be a magical playground for me. Stables, run down [...]

The Maori are attributed with the saying “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” My version would be more like “Putting on your work gloves is good for what ails you”. Sorta the same thing, one’s just a bit more redneck. I ate fatty foods Saturday night; some meat [...]

I believe these to be Starlings in Autumn attire, taken early this morning and very far away, thus the bad image. I was only compelled to photograph them because of their strange basket of sounds. Not a chirp or trill, but more like someone whistling low to themselves. Eerie. Ego – where I and my [...]

The clutter, she is strong with this one. I cleaned our closet out yesterday, resulting in 2 bags for the thrift shop. Even though I blame Mike for our disorganization brought on by too much stuff, I do my share. Yesterday was an attempt to correct my errors, and I even threw my father’s old [...]

Actually, what I just said out loud, to an empty house, was: “If I don’t get some chocolate soon I’m going to start drinking.” It’s one of those days. Weeks. Too much to do, not enough hours. Everything hurts, which makes me feel like Grandma Moses’ older, uglier sister. With warts. Cleaning sucks, but the [...]

Not metaphorical, not at all. I’ve had it. Been to three doctors, had CT scans, ultrasounds, blood and urine tests. The upshot? Going to the GI doc next week because I’m still pissing blood but nobody knows why and oh! – I’m now on thyroid meds, thank you very much. I’m hypo, not hyper. My [...]

have this thing about remembering rooms. It’s usually related to how I felt in the room, not what happened within. And overwhelmingly the emotion experienced is comfort. Peace. A sense of being completely satisfied. Apparently the moment is frozen in time and filed away, just waiting to be re-felt. Maybe that’s one of the mind’s [...]

I spot watered a patchwork quilt of rice paddies into the yard this morning, though rain was already falling. If ten years in Florida has taught me anything, it’s that you can’t count on the weather. Sure enough, it was a light smattering and those beautiful dark blue-gray clouds were soon gone. Too bad; those [...]

This is something of a sad video and I apologize for inflicting it upon you. ‘Gun Shop’ sketch from the Richard Pryor show, 1977. Richard, aside from being a brilliant comedian, also had a way of acting that always drew me in and made me want to believe whatever story he was crafting. Yes, I [...]