The other day, one of those typical catalogs landed in our snailbox.* It’s labeled Garden, Home, Pest Control, and is sort of a cheaper Skymall, with a raft of goodies to gussy up your house and simplify your life. There’s a tool that will “Easily Cut Through Everything from Delicate Fabrics to Sheet Metal!” Want… Continue reading Bring back the plain brown wrapper!
Category: men and women
The Instagram life part 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about the perils of living your life on Instagram and becoming a piece of content for others to look at. That idea may have seemed far-fetched, esoteric, or just out of step with the times. After all, even us geezers have online selves, right? Well, at least one person… Continue reading The Instagram life part 2
Recognize this!
What are YOU smiling at? (AI-generated image) Didn’t I warn you? A few posts ago, I got to griping about how intrusive and annoying technology has become, and predicted cars would join the parade and start acting like people. Well, I hate to say I told you so (no, I don’t), but according to a… Continue reading Recognize this!
Holiday greetings for 2016
Author's note: My wife and I relocated in 2016 and we do own an old sword. Most of the rest can be taken with a few grains of salt. *********** Hello all! This won’t be a typical holiday letter because we sure haven’t had a typical year! As you know – if you read my… Continue reading Holiday greetings for 2016
The night the bed fell: 21st century update
If you’re about my age* and had good English teachers in high school, you might have been assigned to read a classic James Thurber piece called, “The Night the Bed Fell.” I won’t even try to recount this delightfully loony story, but I will shamelessly appropriate the title for my own true (!) tale of… Continue reading The night the bed fell: 21st century update
The armies of life
It’s nearly Labor Day and the dragonflies are back, zipping over the deck against a bright blue sky. Somewhere south in the Gulf of Mexico is a storm that might (1) give us some rain and wind, (2) miss us altogether, or (3) come ashore as a full-on hurricane that would send us running for… Continue reading The armies of life