As of this month, I am now embarking on my 61st trip around the sun. If I were an astronaut I would find this to be quite an achievement. But I am not. I am simply here on our blue planet with the rest of you, doing my best to stay on this side of […]
Life Lessons in Solitaire
I must admit that part of me wanted to title this blog “Life Lessons in Playing with Yourself,” but I thought that would be a ridiculous click bait and decided against it. Having said that, I am not one for video games. I find, for me, they are too overwhelming in a visual and auditory […]
Deep Freeze
The last few days here in Toon Town have been brutal in terms of the weather. I don’t often talk about the weather here, except if it should come up in a discussion about weather magic, but this warrants it. When you have temperatures that are in the -30’sC and the wind chill is in […]
Taking Care
I had a friend way back in my University years who would, instead of saying, “Take care,” would say, “Take a chance!” I liked that attitude she had in life because it was much more adventurous than your run of the mill type of personality. What I discovered, however, is that, while she would encourage […]
Lettuce…the Bane of every Burger
I enjoy a nice, juicy burger now and then. No, I do not believe that people need to be vegetarian or vegan in order to be “pure” or to be “enlightened.” That is dogmatic hogwash. I am far ahead of most people I know in that regard, and I eat meat and I enjoy it, […]