October 2023
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Boo! Humbug!
I think I am in serious need of an Ebenezer Scrooge-like intervention. Except instead of reshaping my attitude about Christmas, this one should target my ideas about Halloween. I’m a real “BOO, Humbug!” kind of guy when it comes to… Continue reading
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Fixing the Unfixable
I like to fix stuff. Mind you, I am not technically skilled enough to be worthy of a nickname like “Mr. Fixit” or anything else quite so lofty. I just really love the challenge of standing in front of something… Continue reading
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“It’s Too Much!!”
Stop a minute and take a look at this sidewalk. Notice the flat center section? And then to either side of it, do you see the two slightly inclined sections? Two years ago, when my back pain was at its… Continue reading
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Free As the Breeze?
Since retiring from the world of work four years ago, I have experienced several foundational… you might even call them seismic… shifts in my life. There has been, naturally, the anticipated change in income. There was, for Joan and I, the… Continue reading