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Hello and welcome to my blog
I'm so glad you're here. I'll do my best to entertain you with stories, short essays, and an occasional poem. Let me know if there's something you'd like to see here in the comments section. For now, enjoy!
Potty Talk - more than meets the eye
(Reposted from my Substack page - it's easy to subscribe!) A great rift threatens the fabric of our society and it is necessary for...
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Oct 25, 20234 min read
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Compassion for those who bleed
Huntley Bannister, the main character in The Leavings, has a bleeding disorder known as von Willebrand’s disease. When I began writing...
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May 31, 20233 min read
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My Pretty Pony
Stick and binder twine forts in the woods. Ponies shaking deer flies from their ears. Long trail rides on hot summer days. Braunschweiger...
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Apr 13, 20234 min read
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Take a Picture!
The fall rains have come. For over a week, it’s been gloomy with spates of downpours, spits of drizzles, and pelts of snow, weather which...
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Oct 26, 20224 min read
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's POPOV MAN!
Who doesn’t enjoy a calming walk along a country road? A nice stretch of the ol’ legs in fresh air is not only good for the body, but it...
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Sep 22, 20223 min read
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Quiet People, Big Impact
Some of the most admirable and influential people in my life have been those who speak quietly, oftentimes without words. They go about...
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Jul 22, 20223 min read
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Blast off! Elon Musk and Twitter
The furor over Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter intrigues me. It reveals much about the state of our States where social media is...
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Apr 27, 20223 min read
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Cannonball! A plunge into the past...
Learning to swim was as essential as breathing in my family. Dad made sure of it, especially as he’d been the point of the spear in...
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Feb 22, 20224 min read
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Becoming Gollum
Another birthday, another year. I have much to be grateful for. I’ve often thought about people in less fortunate circumstances and try...
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Jan 20, 20223 min read
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Tidbits and Random Thoughts...
It’s a day for penning random thoughts. Such as dealing with our aging Bichon, Paco. Such as the prospect of The Leavings making the...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read
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Eggs in a Basket
Ten days ago, I sent my latest manuscript to my hard-working agent. She has multiple manuscripts to read from her stable of clients. Mine...
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Nov 18, 20214 min read
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Pride and Prejudice at the Bedside
It was nearly thirty years ago, but I clearly remember the woman who came to my care in the CCU. She’d been languishing on the medical...
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Nov 10, 20215 min read
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Fracture Fairy Tail, er, Tale
What a lovely day to graze in the meadow, thought Bessie, the chestnut mare, as she trotted out the paddock gate. I hope I’m the first...
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Oct 9, 20215 min read
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Let the sunshine in!
What a wonder to have unimpeded conversations again! Oh, the endless frustration of masks that distorted our voices such that simple...
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Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Vile Creatures
I once had a thriving collection of Asiatic lilies in my perennial garden. Sweet-scented and often bold-colored, there are few flowers...
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Jun 12, 20212 min read
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To be free, or not to be free
What is freedom? I pondered this upon hearing of Sebastian Junger’s new book, Freedom, wondering if people had different connotations of...
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May 27, 20214 min read
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The Leavings
(This is a short story rather than my usual blog. It recently received fifth place in a competition sponsored by Reader's Digest - woo...
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Feb 27, 20217 min read
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Bigger not always better
“The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Alphonse Karr, French novelist. The Danielson School, a one-room schoolhouse,...
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Jan 22, 20213 min read
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Happy Little Things
I apologize for my lack of attention to you, dear blog. You see, I’ve been focused on so many other things that you have been neglected....
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Dec 19, 20203 min read
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