This past year with a lockdown that never ended and as far as I can tell, might never end, we’ve lived a life of tedium offset by panic and occasionally, outright terror. Although this reminds me (a little bit) of… Read More ›
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OLD MOVIES, NEW YEAR
Last night, we actually watched a new movie — Wonder Woman 1984 or as they call it on HBO Max, WW84. It was a bit of a production just getting it on the air, involving about an hour of tech… Read More ›
THE FEARSOME FACE OF FEAR – FPQ #102
Fandango’s Provocative Question #102: The Fearsome Face of Fear Considering how frightful the past four years have been and in particular, the soon-to-pass-year 2020, you’d think we’d have given up being afraid by now. Instead, many of us have grown… Read More ›
BOXING DAY
We didn’t do presents this year. As it turned out, I didn’t do presents, but Garry and Owen did. Months ago, I bought three new unstuffed stuffies for the Duke. He got a new fox, an opossum, and something that… Read More ›
A TRIP TO THE PAIN CLINIC AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
I spent much of the day going to and from the doctor, including our ritually getting lost while trying to make sense of the GPS directions on the cell. We did get there because 30 years ago, I lived in… Read More ›
TEN YEARS LATER
If you have had cancer, you are never cured. At best, you are in a long-term remission that might last the remainder of your life. Today, after a year of cancelations and COVID, I finally, I saw my oncologist. Got… Read More ›
THE FORGOTTEN PANDEMIC – RICH PASCHALL
World AIDS Day, December 1st, by Rich Paschall While we have been busy with two pandemics, COVID-19 and stupidity, another has been pushed to the side. It is still deadly, still contagious, and still has no cure. Since 1988 December… Read More ›
A SHORT EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S BOSTON GLOBE
This piece from yesterday’s Boston Globe hit me like a rock in the head. I understand we are all frustrated, grouchy, and possibly poor — and suffering poverty and helplessness in the face of this pandemic. That being said, I… Read More ›
CRAZY RED SQUIRRELS
I think it was a mother and child. Certainly one of them was a nursing mother and I think the other was one of her “kids.” With the red squirrels, it’s harder to tell the age of the various squirrels… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND ISN’T IT JUST ONE BIG GIGANTIC MESS?
Share Your World 11-17-2020 I think we can all agree that our world is one big mess right now. A lot of it is the result of the pandemic. It has wrecked the economy. Ruined our social lives. Killed off… Read More ›
A DAY FOR CRAZY RED SQUIRRELS, STEROID INJECTIONS, AND A BIT OF RAIN
I think it was a mother and child. There were two of them on the feeder this morning at 8 am. Yes, we got up early because I had (sigh) another doctor appointment. This was the one with the pain… Read More ›
HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING SO INTERESTING SINCE KENNEDY V NIXON
The last election I saw that was this interesting to watch was Kennedy-Nixon in 1960. It hooked me on watching elections for fun and profit. Mostly fun because I’ve yet to make a profit. You have to love elections. It’s… Read More ›
