October 17, 2024 Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Autumn sets in gradually around here. It's cool enough for long sleeves, the sun goes down at dinnertime instead of after "Jeopardy," and our sugar maple is blushing orange and yellow. Halloween doodads are sprouting all over the neighborhood too, but that's a human choice, not from… Continue reading Not crying, just thinking too hard
Category: new old age
Living a well-rounded life
August 1, 2024 It's been a season of strange weather in Atlanta. Thankfully, we've been spared any life-threatening climate convulsions, but the normal phases of summer have got themselves all jumbled up. The heat that usually holds off until August descended in June. Next came a July of sudden, soaking downpours, the kind my mother… Continue reading Living a well-rounded life
Dudes, we need to…
April 9, 2024 Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com It's time for some man talk. Not locker-room chatter or Iron John junk, just what I hope will be plain language and common sense on the subject of prostate cancer. If you're a man or you love one, please read on. The disease has been in… Continue reading Dudes, we need to…
Lonely ranger
February 14, 2024 In a crowded Waffle House I'm one of two. At the doctor's office, I might be one of several but the only patient. At the burger place, the library, the car dealer, the barbershop, and almost everywhere else, I'm the only person in sight who's still going around with one of these… Continue reading Lonely ranger
Believing in spring
February 2, 2024 Photo by Pexels.com It's amazing how a few little numbers can make a titanic impact on one's life. Things like, "Total length: 1.5 millimeters. Involved cores: 2. Maximum core involvement: 10%. Cores with >50% involvement: 0." What these dry statistics mean is that at least for now, I'm safe from the biological… Continue reading Believing in spring
Porn in the good, old, USA
December 8, 2023 So help me, this came up in the search results for "sex." (Photo by Dainis Graveris on Pexels.com) If you're male, there's an excellent chance you took part in the ancient ritual that defines a young man's life: hiding porn from your parents. Those who grew up in the last century might've… Continue reading Porn in the good, old, USA