Shopping earlier today at a local thrift store--as I do here and there--I spotted this bit of ridiculousness. A cheap, thin, no-big-deal shirt originally priced at $5 got priced by someone at 2nd…

My mind wonders: If someone can get DIScombobulated... Can they then get REcombobulated? I kinda feel like I'm doing that as I unpack from yet another absolutely fabulous 10-day trip -- this time to the beach…

If anyone, ever, were to create a job where someone had to wear a specific piece of clothing for 60 seconds -- or maybe 10 --and inform the clothing manufacturer that the tag…

I was writing this note to a friend (and fellow Empath), whom I know is "going through it" right about now. The short email became longer and I figured I'd share it here…

As the final episodes of Ted Lasso came upon us, I found myself in a state of longing to know how the story unfolded with an unexpected sadness for the story to come…

Mere days until It ends. It, the show, the characters, their lives, the intertwining, the developments, the story arcs. How will it end? I don't know and assume I'll be happily surprised, but…

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…

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 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…

The end of the year is, for me -- and I assume many others -- a time of annual review, annual bookkeeping and the beginnings of getting my docs and accounting together for…

'Twas a gray-ish day yesterday. Not foggy. Not rainy. Just gray-ish. The midpoint of fall, its cross-quarter date approaching soon: Halloween, Día de los Muertos, All Saints' Day ... however you know it…

A homeowner may get their home rebuilt by insurance ... and their things--oh, their many things--replaced. But who pays for the road to their home be rebuilt? The traffic signs to be fixed?…