When I was a kid--I don't know exactly when; maybe when I was 10 or 11 years old--my mother made duck. A whole roasted duck. It was, by far, one of the most…
I know better than to be fooled by the FEELING of spring in the air.
I live in Maryland--have most of my life--and I know even a mild winter such as how this one…
Every single time I push the start button on my dishwasher, washing machine or dryer, I feel immense gratitude for the "common luxuries" they provide.
So grateful.
When I was eight or nine years old, one of my teachers told our class a story that has stayed with me all these decades since. Here is what my mind remembers.
There were…
I slept fitfully, woke up with inflamed and puffy eyes, felt sore all over, felt digestively uneasy and upon seeing my super-puffy face in the mirror said, aloud, "What? What did I eat…
Both of my parents are life-long learners. Well, my dad is a "was" because he passed/died/went on to whatever next step his Soul and Consciousness needed, and my mom is an "is" because…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…