These past few days have been filled with renewed energy that I’ve found. I attribute this good health to a few events. I’m eating well since taking on a vegan diet. My weight has dropped a little over twenty pounds since the last week of January of this year. I have hired a house cleaner … More Open to New Experiences

The Northeast is slipping rapidly into Spring. As is common in the upper U.S. Spring is a combination of late Winter and something we call “mud season”. I’ve been tracking detritus from the yard into the house since early May. Some days are quite nice, warm and sunny. Most days are overcast and cool. The … More Head Down and Ass Up (Kinda)

I use this medium to express myself. I like this way of sounding off and recording, in my opinion, brilliant and humorous words. I am not smart enough to fully utilize the tools offered by the originators of this WordPress thingy. I am, in the minds of many, a newbie who is probably too old … More I Look Up and Everyone is Gone

I have lived in the Northeast most of my life and I have lived in other parts of the U.S. long enough to be able to compare what happens in Spring. When the days continue to gain in daylight minutes and the temperatures continue to rise there comes a point when the earth explodes through … More All Around Me is Getting It On

May is the month for high school graduations but that is not truly an important part of my life. I came up with this title only because of the piece of writing I just pulled up from my ‘stories’ file. I like the story because it was one of my first experiences that still gives … More May is the Month for High School Graduations.

CATFISH AND THE SNAPPER It’s not so rare to see a catfish and a snapper in the same day on the same trip. Let me explain. I’d left Virginia Beach after four days of submarine reunion with about a hundred old guys like me. Many had their wives with them, some brought along their kids … More Catfish and Snapper