These past five weeks have been kind of…  interesting….  between my mom’s progressive dementia progressing and my dad’s physical and mental condition tanking about two weeks later, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster.  But here’s some takeaway from the whole thing in no particular order: 1) Making plans is a futile endeavor.  Good idea… Continue reading

The Book of Barkley, by L.B. Johnson, not only got a sterling review from both the San Francisco Book Review and Kirkus, but also is on the front page of Kirkus for today.  Pop over there and check out the review and, if you haven’t already done so, buy the book!  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/l-b-johnson/book-barkley/ Continue reading

Here’s a slightly edited version of a letter that I am having to send to DirectTV.  This is a hoop that you have to jump through to cancel an account if you’re not already on an account as an authorized user.  Which I can see to a point, but they take it to the next… Continue reading

I am having to deal with a continuation of an issue that is going to cost me all of my vacation and sick time from now until next June.  When I say continuation, I mean pretty much non-stop for the last two-plus years.  I am at the point where I’d like to be the not-responsible… Continue reading

It’s hard to name everything for which I’m thankful.  I’ve got friends, near and far, a warm house, critters who seem to like me above and beyond being their food source.  I’m blessed to know people who are talented, knowledgeable, clever and who enrich my life everyday with their words and thoughts.   I have a… Continue reading

So, I forewent my morning conversation with Mr B to some some exploration of radio reporting on Ferguson.  WLS-all over it.  Much to my surprise, NPR, not so much.  They had a lovely piece on the Gulf oil spill and elusive flycatcher birds. So I figure this silence means one of two things–either NPR is… Continue reading

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So the former Fourth Estate here in the US has proven once again that they are merely lapdogs of the government, as long as there’s a Dem in power.  The seemingly MIA ‘Ebola Czar’ has apparently not been so much MIA, but has been working behind the scenes with the MSM to persuade them to… Continue reading

An increasing number of folks I know are getting what a friend and I refer to as Basement Trolls–adults who, for whatever reason, are moving home for whatever excuse they can think of.  A friend of mine thought she’d gotten rid of her Basement Troll, but they are kind of like bad pennies and come… Continue reading

This is going to sound weird maybe, but I think that hummingbirds are the Gurkhas of the bird world.  Was watching them guard and fight over access to the two feeders I have out back and they are totally badass.  Their acrobatics, which Mr B tried to catch on video, was extreme–spinning around each other… Continue reading