• Muddled and Befuddled

    I haven’t written for this blog in months. I really haven’t done much these last few months but visit doctors and ER rooms. Mostly I’ve dealt with medical problems. Some of them have finally been diagnosed, but we are still testing for others. Most of the time I’ve just felt muddled and befuddled. Since I am…


  • Grateful for Today

    The accompanying image is a photograph of the eternal flame that marks the grave site of the late president John F. Kennedy. John Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. That date is so engrained in the psyche of Americans of my generation…


  • Bad Fiction – Part 1

    John my so called friend told me I couldn’t write a story. I told him he was a lie. This is how it went. “You can’t write a story. What makes you think you can?” “I bet I can. Why shouldn’t I?” “You ever wrote a story? I mean a real story?” “Well no…” “See,…


  • Frustrated! And Indecisive

    UPDATE! When I originally wrote the following paragraph, I was searching for a new look for this blog. The “P2” theme piqued my interest. After I applied it, I couldn’t get it to work right. That led to my frustration. I’ve now decided on the current theme and I am working to get it set…


  • Ten to Win, Five to Show

    This post is my tenth. It must be significant in some way. The last four times I posted something, WordPress informed me that my next milestone was post number ten. Will I get a prize, some recognition, a trophy? How about money? Probably not. Still, ten posts IS significant on a blog that, quite frankly,…


  • The Post Where We Reach an Agreement

    Without a doubt, I am trying too freakin’ hard and making this way too difficult. This is the sixth post I have started since last Thursday. If I actually complete this one, it will be the first. All the others are languishing as “drafts,” waiting for that magical moment, that special ingredient, that one great…