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A triangle in the sky

ExperiencesMarch 27, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I saw a never-seen-it-before, human-made thing this afternoon. As I looked up into the clear, blue sky, three planes, all roughly the same distance from each other appeared to be (with their vapor streams trailing after them) creating a tight, equal-sided triangle in the sky. For a very brief moment, that is. And then their flight…

Hark! Who goes there?

NatureMarch 27, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

So, I went out this afternoon to catch some of the last rays of sun, hoop a bit and, well, enjoy the expanse of a big open field near my home in Maryland. As I finished up and started walking across the field and back home, suddenly the ground underneath me felt different. Kinda squishy. I looked…

That morning when

Stories big and smallMarch 27, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

And then there's that morning where you're headed off to a wedding, and you were hoping (really hoping) the dark grape, winter-ish outfit you were planning to wear would work; but then you went outside to eat breakfast, and the sun and the warmth and the day and the season said, "No, alas. Not gonna…

Stunning!

Little BitsMarch 26, 20232KViews 2Likes 0Comments

In that thing you do on the internet, where one moment you're here, then the next moment you're there, then a moment later you're looking at THIS! I'm mesmerized by the color of her skin. She's stunning! Her name is Nyakim Gatwech. You can follow her on Instagram.

Yum, yum and yum!

Little BitsMarch 23, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I read/heard/learned some time ago that, per the wisdom of Chinese medicine, vinegar and sour foods were particularly beneficial to consume in spring. Not that I EVER need an excuse to consume vinegar. (I have quite the collection and have visions of a vinegar-tasting party where folks would bring their favorite vinegars, and we'd all sit…

Hype v. Facts

Things I PonderMarch 22, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Don't get me started. Gah. Erg. Blergh. Argh. Et cetera. (Ack! It looks like I got myself started!) The "data" and dates about generations is an epic mess. But, my friends, there is a model for making sense of that mess. That model shows how (and why) generations are formed in specific patterns and manners, and…

Going native

MemoriesMarch 18, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

If there is a "holiday" toward which I feel zero affiliation, inclination, interest or curiosity, it would be today's. Nothing personal for those of you who feel, and celebrate, otherwise. It simply isn't, has never been, and likely will never be my thang. 🐸 I will offer a little St. Patrick's Day story, though. About 10-ish years ago,…

When your path is clear

Stories big and smallMarch 11, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

If ever you think you're having a bad day, remember this young woman and how her life changed in one instant -- and over the course of a year and one day in the hospital afterward. How she went from being rather active and and certainly able to function at high capacity in life…

Pretty…and pissed!

My books ... and bitsMarch 10, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. ( Photo clearly isn't my passenger. Duh.) I drive a few minutes and am directed by GPS onto a quiet road with dozens of police cars parked alongside it. What? Oh, I’m near a police station or some sort of police headquarters office. The Uber app…

Are you in?

Tips for an Orderly LifeMarch 8, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

If you're not yet on your local Buy Nothing Facebook Group, do consider joining. The posts' focus are one of three options: GIFT, ASK and GRATITUDE, and the people who say they're going to come get something usually do. And quickly. The BN groups are a great way of getting rid of all sorts of items --…

Their loss, my gain

Stories big and smallMarch 5, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Their loss, my gain. (Sorry, Ryan.) I made a bunch of food to bring to a birthday party this weekend, and I'd put some time and effort into doing so (marinated mushrooms with chopped walnuts, the same ingredients in a blended cream-cheese dip, and, well, Birthday Bacon). I wrote myself all sorts of notes of what to…

The new kid in town

NatureMarch 5, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There's a new kid in town. (Well, actually, she's retired and not a kid, but she is a new neighbor at the Columbia Gardeners Long Reach plots.) Nice, huh? She knows what she's doing. Clearly! She upgraded everything about her plot, including putting in a new fence all around it. Lucky me: I got…