Reasons to be Thankful

There’s an old saying about counting your blessings. It’s true, one can dwell on the negative, but what good does that do you? Personally, while I love Thanksgiving day, as a whole, I can’t stand the holidays. However, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to list a few things for which I’m thankful.…

Weird Finish to a Normal Day

Funny, when I took this job of driving for the two major ride share companies some four years ago, I thought this should make excellent fodder for my blog, which I’ve now done, on and off, for eight or nine years. You know? Interesting rides to interesting people? In the end, not so much. I…

A Happy Celebration

I mentioned yesterday that it was J’s birthday. Always nervous about her birthday, though I couldn’t care less about my own. But, by J’s accounts, the day was a success. We took a couple friends of ours along and went to the hockey game between the Tucson Roadrunners (the AHL affiliate to the Arizona Coyotes)…

A Short Piece to Say Thanks

Today, as I was scrolling through my “reader” I realized how many very good writers out there that I follow. I have a little more than 400 followers, and my guess is, I follow a few more than that. I try to read everybody’s pieces, but I admit to skimming fairly often. Still, if a…

The Spice of Life

I was scrolling through my reader page focusing on people whom I follow. It just occurred to me what a wide range of people whose stuff I get a chance to read. Well, you know what they say about variety. I’m all for it. Thank you all. I have a couple of people who show…

Been A While

My brain is out of ideas, so for the heck of it, I went back to the old word of the day from dictionary.com. Kind of glad I did so. Today’s word? Prothalamion. Its meaning? A song or poem written to celebrate someone’s marriage. Now, there’s one I’ve never heard. Kind of different. Before I…

Good News? It Is To Me!

Well, after well over a year, I finally got a call from one of the board members in our darts league. We are tentatively looking at a start for a new season at the end of May or beginning of June. There are details that need to be worked out, but it’s looking like a…

More Quick Hits

Time constraints once again, so this will be several quickies before I hit the road. My friend, and fellow blogger on this site, Melanie (melaniereynolds) said, and I echo, Namaste to India. That country is going through an incredibly rough time right now and (for what it’s worth) I’m wishing them all the best. Again,…

Another Quick Shout Out

For only about the third time since I’ve been blogging here, I had another writer re-blog my piece from yesterday. I thank him (her?) for it, and wish to refer you all to his (her?) site. The blogger goes under the name “Sempervirens” (https://sempervirens117.com). Read his/her stuff. It’s worth the time. An observation “Semper” made…

Mind Blowing

I did not get to see it live, but I got to hear a re-broadcast of Amanda Gorman’s poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration, yesterday. Not only was the poetry, the word choice simply beautiful. Her reading, the cadence EVERYTHING about the presentation was just plain glorious. I fancy myself a poet, but after hearing that,…