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Lessons from the Road
Please don't do this. We are within three hours of our destination, Nini Dair’s condo in Chicago. This is our sixth day on the road,...
Jun 23, 20254 min read


House or Home?
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. - Robert Frost I’ve been thinking a lot about house vs....
Jun 11, 20252 min read


All Aboard the Mexican Train
Life currently feels like the game Mexican Train. So, where was I? Oh yes, fourteen dominos. Some have been loaded onto the Mexican...
Jun 3, 20255 min read


Mowgli Graduates! Hallelujah!
Did you hear those sighs of relief? Mowgli graduated from high school. There were two commencements: public high school and county...
May 31, 20251 min read


Dare I Post This?
Life is fragile, a tiny bone ruining a bit of fish, a mislaid pin piercing a bare foot. It doesn’t take much to change the course of the day.
May 22, 20253 min read


Who’s Your Mama?
Who is our mother? Not just the woman who gave birth.
May 16, 20252 min read


The Agony and the Ecstasy
Really, you have got to see this! Where was I? Oh, yes, yesterday (Tuesday, April 22) I looked forward to hiking in the Coronado...
Apr 25, 20254 min read


So Close Yet So Far
Kartchner Caverns. Worth a visit along with Colossal Caves. Caveat: lots of links and hyperbole. All this talk of moving has inspired me...
Apr 22, 20256 min read


Courage Revealed
A too familiar site. Guided tours are helpful to visitors to get the lay of the land, learn some history and identify sites to pursue...
Apr 10, 20254 min read


Rattles
Yesterday I walked the house, the memories reverberating. There was a slight shifting of the dominoes this week. After several weeks of...
Apr 6, 20251 min read


Opting Out
This is an accurate depiction of how I feel, not to be confused when how I look. I am playing retirement, much like I played house as a...
Apr 3, 20252 min read


Rebooting My Mind
“It is only in modern times that the dream, this fleeting and insignificant looking product of the psyche, has met with such profound...
Mar 19, 20253 min read


P. S. Health Update
Better living through chemistry. Okay, several friends contacted me concerned about my health, sparked by one sentence in the previous...
Mar 12, 20252 min read


Imprinting Final Memories
Everyone needs a room of their own. Blue Boy is home for spring break, preparing for the end of his second year of college. Every time I...
Mar 11, 20253 min read


The Saddest Song
Perhaps we need to learn from Europeans who treat their cemeteries more like parks than creepy areas of loss. My father died in June...
Feb 22, 20253 min read


Beating the Death Sentence
[Jesus] suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the...
Feb 5, 20253 min read


Safe, For Now
I recall a time we took a short kayak tour down the Verde River, Water to Wine it was called since it ended at a winery. When asked what...
Jan 20, 20253 min read


The Dominos are Shifting
Waiting to take my chances. I just recounted and renumbered the dominos. I am up to fourteen. They bounce as if someone had punched the...
Jan 14, 20253 min read


Evolving Backwards
Joining my ancestors. It is frightening, losing one’s balance. The tottering itself is alarming enough as is the resulting injury. Worse...
Jan 6, 20254 min read


Riding the River
Ride the river, enjoy the quiet stream, prepare for the rapids. Mowgli stands outside my shed at eye level, I standing in the doorway....
Dec 26, 20243 min read
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