Over the years, I've learned to translate Trump. Here's my take on his beef-me-fix social media post attached here:
"A nasty monopoly"
Translated: "The four packing monopolies haven't paid me, my children or my political…
Hah! Although all our birthdays marking a another year happen but once, my mother, mentioned to me this one had a wee little zing in it.
She had been watching a special on Martin…
Be my birthday tomorrow, the 28th, it is, it is.
Gonna start off with watching the lunar eclipse outside tonight, in some place with a reasonably clear horizon not filled with trees.
The eclipse starts…
Maryland is, imo, a great place to live.
The state is sometimes referred to as 'America in Miniature.'
In such a relatively small state we have so much going on! So much diversity of land,…
A two-fer!
One grapevine leaf, two sets of stinkbug eggs.
Now, in a plastic bag in the trash.
Also, for what it’s worth, I got this insect identifier app a few weeks ago, and it is…
Last year, I wrote a piece about generational changes and correlating changes in the Burning Man culture. I spent hours writing the piece.
Folks found it, shared it, commented on it.
Some liked what I…
Sound on!
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This beatbox video came into my IG feed a day or two ago. Not quite sure why. I don't follow any musicians, to my knowledge. I'm not overly interested in music, per…
I've been a writer all my life.
I've worked in communications and marketing for companies and organizations. I've had (have) my own business offering freelance writing services. And I've done tons of community-service work…
Oh, the rabbit holes down which I go.
Of late, I've been attempting to make my own bitters. It has been rather easy to make the initial one-ingredient extractions. Taking things to the next…
I love the night sounds of Maryland's High Summer! The cicadas, crickets and katydids.
Last night, in order to soak up as much of these sounds while I could, I spent a few hours…
Up until August 2025, I had never knee-boarded behind a motor boat. I didn't grow up in a water-, boat- or ocean-focused family, despite living rather close to a whole, whole lot of…
Other than my pool-chlorine saturated youth, wherein the Thunder Hill neighborhood pool served as playground, babysitter and launchpad for endless underwater adventures as I cosplayed--best I could with my superball serving as a…