Share Your World January 31st 2023 Valentine’s Day is on its way. It is not a holiday I celebrate. More than not celebrating it, I resent it. It’s the ultimate in “greeting card” events. For obscure reasons, it has become such… Read More ›
Month: January 2023
FORETELLING OUR FUTURE
As a kid, if ever I thought about getting old (like “past 40”), I figured I would “age with grace.” My hair would turn snowy white, but otherwise, I’d remain the same. I would always be “me.” Maybe I’d slow… Read More ›
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOODPECKERS
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers look very much alike. When you see one without seeing the other, it can be very difficult to know which one you are looking at. We get both types at the feeder. Yesterday, I got one… Read More ›
SITTING AND THINKING
The Morning Dawdler – 1-29-2023 I realize that Robbie doesn’t have AI. Instead, he has a battery and some kind of recording device. But I like him anyway, my all time favorite robot. Should we fear the arrival of more… Read More ›
SO BLOOMS THE INDOOR GARDEN
FOTD – January 30 – SO BLOOMS THE GARDEN AT HOME One branch of one Christmas Cactus is about to bloom, four orchids are sending up shoots and two of those shoots have buds. The new Anthurium bud is very… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK: TWO BIRDS
Just to see if I could still do it, I draw a couple of birds: a nuthatch and a baby House Finch. It turns out I can still draw. My hand doesn’t appreciate it, but if I don’t press too… Read More ›
MY ROYALTIES ARE IN!
Every month or two, I get money for my book. Last month it was $0.39 — thirty-nine cents. This month was even better. For anyone who wants to know why I haven’t bothered to write another book, this is the… Read More ›
ONE THING I DID NOT WANT TO BE
Old, by Rich Paschall When you think of all the things you want to be when you grow up, “old” probably is not on the list. You may think about being a doctor or nurse. You may consider a lawyer… Read More ›
THE MORNING DAWDLER
A Wild Aloha To You – All about food I think Rory is the only person (besides me) who puts in pictures because he likes them and not because they have any special relevance to the story. On a scale of… Read More ›
A IS FOR …
CMMC – January Alphabet Letter A at the beginning of a word In order, they are azaleas, apple blossoms, anthurium, architecture, Aldrich Street, and Arizona.
RETURN OF THE DOVES
Despite our carefully choosing feeders too small for doves or which require perching which doves find very difficult, they showed up en masse today. Not that they’ve ever been gone. They were gone from the feeders, not from the area…. Read More ›
BROKEN PIECES
Fandango’s Provocative Question #199 After you break parts of you, are you ever the same again? This is the question du jour. Have you ever fractured a bone (or bones) that was serious enough to require inpatient hospitalization and a post-operative… Read More ›
BALLS, NERVE, AND חוצפה
“You’re one tough broad,” my friend told me. I recognized this as a compliment. Maybe you have to come from New York or New Jersey to “get it,” but I got it. “Tough” includes brave, determined, and hard to kill…. Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE FENCES AND GATES
CBWC: Fences and Gates
RICE PILAF WITH CREAMY SHRIMP SCAMPI
I bought two pounds of frozen shrimp for last night’s dinner. It was supposed to be cleaned and deveined, ready to defrost and cook. About half the time, I actually get properly cleaned and deveined shrimp. The other half, the… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD
Share Your World 23rd January It’s a rare day that I only get to this prompt so late in the week, but we’ve been running around and we aren’t done quite yet. Do you find it relatively easy to fall asleep… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 