February 10, 2023 Working from home in retirement is more fun than my former full-time job, but it brings distractions I never encountered in the office. Today I had to catch the little tree frog above, who was apparently hoping to take up residence in the pool, and turn him loose in the creek down… Continue reading The frogs in the coal mine
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Pants on the ground and the brain
September 20, 2022 Photo by Mica Asato on Pexels.com My name is Dave and I'm a recovering pantser. This has nothing to do with my fashion sense, which doesn't exist. It definitely isn't about sex either. But please keep reading anyway. A "pantser" is one of the two main species of fiction writers, the people… Continue reading Pants on the ground and the brain
I love nature. It hates me.
July 13, 2022 This isn't Kermit (Photo from the Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources) "Don't forget the frog," is a sentence that one might not expect to hear from one's partner. Typically, the other person might remind you to take out the recycling, pick up some cat food, collect a kid from soccer… Continue reading I love nature. It hates me.
Frog follies part 2
Coming back from a beach vacation is never pleasant, especially when you start wondering and worrying about what might've befallen the house while you were away. My wife and I got home from one blissful, relaxing Florida trip to find our A/C had conked during a sweltering June. Another time, a pinhole-sized leak in a… Continue reading Frog follies part 2
Bullfrog blues
Oh, the travails of being a bourgeois 'burbanoid. I used to chase hot news around Washington; now I chase little frogs around the pool. We've always had a few of these critters, but this year, maybe due to some change in the climate or their habits, we're getting more of them and much later in… Continue reading Bullfrog blues