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Overcoming the fear, one post at a time

MemoriesJanuary 19, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In the early (to me) days of blogging, back in 2006, I found myself one day crying, petrified, completely in fear. I was about to press "publish" on a blog post. See, I'd gone from writing a few blog posts here and there -- posts to be read by "I don't know who" "I don't know…

I could drink in his voice all night long

My books ... and bitsJanuary 18, 20232KViews 1Like 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. Mall and retail pickups are often confusing to us Uber drivers because many times all we see is the address of the shopping center. The whole, entire massive shopping center. We don’t always see the store name where someone is waiting for a pickup. So when my…

FAFO-ing about

Burning Man, SynchronicitiesJanuary 17, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

For some years now, I've been adding various stickers to items such as laptops, water bottles and lighters. The stickers help identify common items commonly owned by common (and other) people, as mine. For example, you and I may have the same color and style Hydro Flask, but if mine is covered with stickers specific…

Empaths, empathy and a world of difference

Things I PonderJanuary 16, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I've never much liked the term. Despised it actually, for some time. EMPATH. To me, the label always sounded like a cover excuse for "I can't deal with the world!" When, in truth, who among us can or does deal with the world with much grace and honesty? Maybe that comes later in life, when we've learned…

ChapGPT and the mighty mitochondria

ExperiencesJanuary 15, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I've been -- as have many -- poking around on ChatGPT. In the last 24 hours, three people in three completely different circumstances enthusiastically encouraged me to check it out, plus mentions of the tool having been popping up all over the internet in the last month or so. So off to Open.ai to create…

The helpful hyphen

Little BitsJanuary 15, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

You know, there's something to be said for punctuation. It can be many things: a tool, a toy, a clarifier. It's mighty powerful, this punctuation stuff. Just LOOK at how helpful the hyphen is here in the opening scene of The Witcher: Blood Origin when Jaskier is in disbelief (and fear, Jaskier-style) upon hearing Seanchaí's…

He’s cooler than the other kids

My books ... and bitsJanuary 10, 20232KViews 1Like 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. Beep! I pick up a young kid who is leaving a friend’s house after being there in the afternoon and into the early evening. He sits right next to me in the passenger seat. He’s the first and, so far, the only individual rider who has sat…

The slow lane

CultchaJanuary 5, 20232KViews 2Likes 0Comments

This made me cry. My heart swelled with the kindness offered Dutch shoppers, particularly, though by no means exclusively, to elderly people who want to chat, have a bit of a conversation and not be so rushed through the lanes when checking out at the grocery store. Quite the opposite of what Taco Bell is doing…

The Road

CultchaJanuary 1, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

My mom and I went for a walk yesterday, 'round Wilde Lake. It was a lovely day. The last day of the year. Gloriously warm and sunny, in the mid-50s. A fine day to be out. We passed a Little Free Library positioned along the path, and I popped over to check out the books in…

My books are all free ’til Jan 5th

Little BitsJanuary 1, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Happy New Year, lovelies. All my books on Amazon are offered as free ebook downloads January 1 - January 5, 2023. That's the five Uber Chronicles books and my one Surviving Burning Man: a packing list for first-timers book. When you go to download any of the books during this window of time, click "buy with one…

When Mr. Robot takes itself a bit too seriously!

Things I PonderDecember 31, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I've enjoyed the handful or so of Omeleto videos I've watched on YouTube. They're short, full of messages and, as I find them, enjoyable. Even when they're disturbing. This video about a man traveling through space with his robot caretaker had my head spinning. (If you do watch it, watch it to the very end.) While…

From evidence to proof

NatureDecember 30, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I live near.a lake. Not a real lake, that is, because I live in Maryland, and while we get to boast being home in large part to the Chesapeake Bay along with being a coastal, albeit a small one, state, we have no naturally formed lakes. What we do have are a number of storm water…