Meandering Monday about the Old Man vs. the Machine

I’m a Boomer (one of the youngest in that generation.) I remember a woman from the generation before mine who never used her dishwasher to wash dishes – for her it was just a drying rack for what she had hand-washed. I’m not sure whether it was because she considered hand-washing superior, or the electric … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Kicking the Can

There are all sorts of things I remember from my youth (my actual youth – not forty years ago, when I was still an adult – we’re talking about my childhood and early adolescence.) I remember being chased around by a bull outside our house in Franklin, and exploring haunted houses and barns. Jumping out … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Leaving the Iron On (it was THEM!)

These days, I spend a lot o time trying to remember things like WHY DID I WALK INTO THIS ROOM? (I’ve had this problem at least back to my teens, and I have distinct memories of wondering why I was in the room, then remembered I was looking for a pencil, and THEN realized that … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “There’s No Present Like the Time” (and a coupon!)

My Significant One, was joking one day that I should give her a gift, and I was letting her know that I was already giving her my time, and made a play on words with “There’s No Present Like the Time”, which seemed like a good title for a story, which grew from there. It … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Can This Writer Change His Spots?

Last week’s goals: Made my three blog postings and my quota for comments on the blogs of others in typically lackluster fashion. I’ve continued reading Terry Pratchett’s Discworld with Feet of Clay. Discworld is a heavily storied series, and there are even sub-series listed, so I decided to stick with The Night Watch stories since … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Retirement

(No – I’m still working my day job – just in that age bracket where it could happen to me and no one would think it odd.) (And no, this isn’t about my writing, although with as I’ve been getting written this last few months, I’m starting to wonder if maybe I’ve already retired from … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Whether I’m Really That Old

**Drat! I thought I set this post up last night for Monday morning, but instead I set it for Tuesday. Correcting now – sorry it’s late (Guess I AM that old…) Halloween is a big deal to us. A week into October we do up the house with lights on the roof and down the … Continue reading →