I’ve often lamented my lack of artistic skills when it comes to the visual.  While I have great “ideas”, I lack the physical talent to pull them off.  Never before […]

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been scoffing at all the news reports claiming “The price of gas is nearing $4.00 a gallon!”  mostly because I’d already been paying well […]

So it’s been quiet here for a few days mostly because 1) I’ve been busy, and 2) I’ve been REALLY REALLY BUSY! Computers are such a love/hate issue. Last week, […]

So today the mailman brought me my advance copy of Keeper, in paperback, printed by Lulu and offered up by Trunk Novels.   And all I can say – since this […]

I mean, they’re already here. And I’m going to see them. Tomorrow, as a birthday treat, my sister is taking me to the Seattle Art Museum to see the Roman […]

I love baseball.  Seattle Mariners baseball, to be specific. Sure, they haven’t exactly made it to the world series or anything, but heck, it’s baseball. I love football, too, but […]

So far, so good. Since Monday, I’ve made it home after work and managed to avoid lying down on the couch for a pre-dinner snooze ! I’m enjoying it, but […]

Arthur C. Clarke has passed. MSNBC I find this quote quite telling of the great man: “Sometimes I am asked how I would like to be remembered,” Clarke said recently. […]

So I had it in my head this was going to be the last chapter today. I haven’t been paying close attention, but I knew in the old heady days […]

I know it’s Thursday, but I’m not here today – so I’m not around to comment on blogs or post anything interesting, so I thought I’d schedule this to pop […]

For the record, I don’t lease cars. I buy them. But just now I was listening to the radio and one of those commercials came on, where a dealership is […]

So I was at Best Buy on Saturday, after taking Mom out for birthday dinner at Red Lobster, my sister and I took her shopping to buy presents, and one […]

And now it’s Friday. If you only read this blog for the Friday posts, you’ve missed a chapter. One note about Chapter 18 – remember again this was a million […]

so nice 😀 Well, and I’m bored, sitting here waiting for the repair man “between 8am and noon” to fix my hot water tank.  Gah, since Sunday morning it’s been […]