• Over the shoulder and straight ahead

    It’s that time when we all look at the last year and make goals for next year. Looking back, last year was rough in a lot of ways. The world lost a lot of talented people, I lost friends, the…

  • Ugly Christmas Ornaments

    Actually, I prefer to call them hideous. I look for them. I buy one each year. This I only started a couple years ago. This one is this year’s choice. I found it at Michael’s in the bargain bin. Made…

  • Dentistry–Its own ring of hell

    Went in this morning to the dentist for a checkup and cleaning. I hadn’t been for a number of years, thanks to getting busy with, well, moving, writing books, my son’s illness, everything else that happens in life . .…

  • So. Thinky Thoughts

    I have been trying to gather my thoughts to express my feelings about this election and the next four years. I feel scared. Really scared. And vulnerable. That’s the word that sums it up best. I can’t imagine how other…

  • I just . . . can’t, plus cool stuff

    I’ve run across things that are just no. No no no. And yet funny. And just interesting. So first, VI Poo. The catchphrase is: “Even VIPs need to poo.” And also, “it traps the evil smell of your devil’s donuts.”…

  • Brat, Beer, and Cheese soup

    I mentioned I made this soup and folks have asked for the recipe, so here it is: (This makes a lot of soup. It does freeze pretty well). Brat, Beer and Cheese Soup I’ll give the original recipe followed by…

  • Soup and caffeine

    I made it through today without caffeine. Well, I had a chai, but I mean the diet soda caffeine. I wasn’t groggy today, so that was both surprising and really nice. Not that I got a ton of things accomplished,…

  • The update of the week

    It’s raining. Pouring and windy. We’re already almost three inches above normal for the season and the season started October 1. The river looks swollen and it’s beautiful. Muscular and lovely. I did get the last of the peppers out…

  • Throws Up Its Leaves

    My Father In Law has been visiting, which makes getting work done a little bit tricky, but I’ve managed some. I’m hopefully all finished with a short story that I owed. I’ve made some progress on DCM4. It’s coming along.…

  • Doing Stuff

    I like to go to estate sales. They sell all sorts of things that either I want and didn’t know it, wanted and didn’t want to pay full price, or stuff that’s interesting but I don’t want. My favorite thing…