Humor
Reflections on the lighter side
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A Day in the Life
I often write about a topic on my mind in the moment, usually inspired by something that happened the same day. Since I’m a hermit in many ways, often nothing big happens, except what I see on TV and that’s usually negative which I don’t like to talk about, because talking about it propagates it Continue reading
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Nice to be a Squirrel
Sometimes when I get depressed or agitated by the news or politics, I think about the wild animals that live around my suburban home: Coyotes, Racoons, Rabbits, Hawks, Woodpeckers, Sparrows, other birds, Possums, Skunks, Moles and Mice. It’s a whole gaggle of creatures that meander about the yards without any concern or awareness of the Continue reading
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Dieting
When I was a kid, I remember my parents trying all sorts of diets, some of them were wacky, and some made them sick. They wanted to restore their youthful trimmed selves. None of the diets worked. I told them they needed exercise and should start with walking around the block. We lived in a Continue reading
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When Cable was Simple
When my wife and I got married, we subscribed to a local cable service, paying about thirty bucks a month. We got more channels than open air broadcast and no commercials. That was supposed to be the advantage of paying for cable: NO COMMERCIALS. But that changed quickly, when a big company bought our little Continue reading
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Missing Family
Weddings are a good way to catch up with family and friends. (They’re better than funerals, because the occasion is so much more positive.) But it’s also frustrating because there’s not enough time to catch up with everybody or have extensive time with anybody. Plus, when the dance music starts there is no conversation because Continue reading
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Married
My son got married last weekend. After all the months of planning and anticipation, it was over in a flash. Good thing there’s video and pictures. It’s taken me two days to recover, sign of my age, I guess. It was fifteen hours on the go. I haven’t been that active in years. I gave Continue reading
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Quiet Life
I work from home and have mostly been a homebody. I can be social and my wife tells me I NEED to get out more, because I drive her crazy, almost hovering over her when she gets home because I finally have someone to talk with. Being a homebody is good for my writing, but Continue reading
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Clever Cat
My cat pepper is good at getting what she wants. She has learned what annoys us. So when she’s hungry and we’re not paying attention, she scrapes her paw on things to make noise. She starts up, then stops to listen if it’s working. If we don’t respond, she starts up again scratching at things Continue reading
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Look to the Arts
I love to be around people who like to talk about movies, stories and ideas. Although segments of movie, television and literature may be dominated by commercial interests (especially big budget movies), the best of human thought and expression are represented in these art forms. When discussing a current political or social issue, I often Continue reading
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Inventor
I was looking back on some of the things I used to make. I’ve always been a tinkerer. My engineering friends would scoff at the idea of me being an amateur engineer because of the rigors of getting a professional engineering degree, but it runs in my blood. My grandfather and uncle were trained engineers. Continue reading
About Me
Indie author and self taught artist, creating for over fifty years, also a former corporate lawyer and systems manager … and other assorted vocations. Writing is my passion. I just released my first science fiction novel, Escape From Desolation, eBook and paperback. More information at my author page: http://escapefromdesolation.com
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