October 5, 2022 Our old home Almost twenty-five years ago, the woman I was seeing (and was crazy about) suggested we take a trip. Our destination was a place in Florida she knew well, having grown up in Alabama and visited the Sunshine State many times. We flew down from Washington DC, where we lived… Continue reading The island shining before us
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Stopping the real steal
April 16, 2022 Time, time time, see what's become of meWhile I looked around for my possibilitiesI was so hard to please - Paul Simon, A Hazy Shade of Winter In Tony Hillerman's spellbinding mystery "A Thief of Time," the thief is one who loots artifacts, pieces of the past, from a Native American burial… Continue reading Stopping the real steal
A pandemic diary: Two months in
May 13, 2020 Not much new to report. I'm still healthy, indoors, grateful, and paranoid. I'm not spending quite as much time lying awake, worrying about exactly what I touched and when I washed my hands. However, an approaching human without a mask gets my pulse and my dander up something fierce. I deeply miss… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Two months in
A pandemic diary: Our daily bread (but not hot sauce)
April 17, 2020 My wife and I are lucky because we can afford to keep ourselves fed and haven't had too much trouble finding the essentials. Still, "going to the store" is nothing like it used to be. First off, we never go inside. Too many people won't keep their distance. Every week, we put… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Our daily bread (but not hot sauce)
A pandemic diary: the ugly, the bad, and the good
April 15, 2020 Though I try to avoid cliches, today's title fits like an old shoe, the one I can never find because some lunkhead (guess who) knocked it under the bed. But I digress. Here's the latest. The ugly: A trip to Lowe's and Home Depot to pick up a few critical items for… Continue reading A pandemic diary: the ugly, the bad, and the good
A pandemic diary
I realize this is a drop in the ocean. But I want to record these times in words, if only for myself. It'll help me sort things out in my head, keep me busy, and ease my writer's frustration, especially when I get stuck trying to finish my novel-in-progress. I'll update as warranted, but won't… Continue reading A pandemic diary