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O, For The Love of Pasta!

I love to cook. I do this whenever I can, and by that, I mean meals, not throwing something in the microwave or steaming vegetables; I mean cooking!

Months ago I cooked up some good Sunday Gravy, more commonly known as ‘pasta sauce’, though that doesn’t really cover it. However,...
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I s’pose I should take @starry for this opportunity. I really almost never do such things as they appeal to me not at all. However, when such a one as Starry ‘asks’, I can but acquiesce, of course!

1) Your Favorite Summer Activities

This used to be hiking when I lived in Alaska and before my right knee degenerated into bone-on-bone contact (to be replaced...
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It’s A Storied Experience

It’s a little crazy to me to think I’m almost ‘done’ with writing my book. It is a thing that I needed to do, and yet as I get close to the end of it, I am certain it will not be for publication, but for friends and such. I do intend to self publish
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Mood: Nostalgic

Returned After So Long Away…

That is the movie I saw today, but not the meaning of the silly title for this part. No, since just before the latest pandemic hit I have not been to see a movie on The Big Screen. I have been fortunate to have contracted that virus only once and even then just a mild case. Even so,
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Mood: ‘So Small’ by Thomas Bergersen

‘Words, Words, Words’ & “Acting” Them Out

We are probably all aware of who Ian McKellen is these days, what with ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Hobbit’ movies and his popularity since. Today, I happened across a video on YouTube from one of the several Royal Shakespeare Company’s late ‘70s and early 80s specials they did were Mr....
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Mood: ‘Woman’, Mumford and Sons

Write On: Women

The subject for this blog has a different genesis. Sometimes what I choose to blog about is random and there is that in this one, as well, but…

I have been making good progress on my book the last week and more. It takes place in the 16th Century with some fantasy elements folded into the weave
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This day, 1776:

Big week in the United States. Whether you agree with History or not, great things began when when colonies of England reacted against the tyrannical oppression of its mother country. Yet, at that time, there were still many, many inequities endemic in the culture, a British culture that was beginning to evolve into
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Mood: ‘I’ve No More Fucks To Give’ by Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esq.

Not My Usual Blog

I really prefer to be more positive. Unfortunately, I am also aware of the truth of Human Nature, and it is not a good Nature, given its head. Wars. Murder. Forced non-consensual sex. Bullying. Knock-out ‘games’. Recording altercations on mobile phones without an effort stop them. On-line and phone
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Mood: ‘A Father’s Love’ by James Dooley

Many Days of a Father

I have never been fortunate enough to be a father. As far as I know, anyway. The closest I may ever come is to be There for my niece after my brother Doug’s passing. I may even have been a Father Figure from time to time, but none of that comes with the...
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Before I Knew It, It was Too Late

I have recently written about not taking anyone for granted, for before you know it, that person may be gone and in a permanent way.

I lost one of my dearest friends on Memorial Day weekend. A Brother From Another Mother kind of best friend. His name was (and will remain)
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Just A Common Soldier

(A Soldier Died Today)

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,

And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,

In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales
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Mood: ‘Fire and Rain’, James Taylor

Oh, Life…

Sometimes life turns on a dime. Sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. Sometimes what seems like the worst turns out to be the best. Almost all of us take such things for granted and are surprised or stunned when those rough patches come along.

The last two weeks have been a little rough for my family.My parents
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