• My Memories – Oops, I Mean Memoirs – Weekly Writing Challenge: Golden Years

    Let’s be perfectly honest here – gut wrenching, bone jarring, teeth gnashing, I ain’t lying honest – maybe five people in the whole known universe might be interested in reading my memoirs, abbreviated or not. That being said, because this is WordPress and WordPress challenged me to write this, if I don’t get at least…


  • Let’s Try This Again

    It’s been nearly a year since I started this blog. The idea when I started was that it would motivate me to start writing more often. I really hoped to write daily. Obviously, I’ve failed miserably. It’s been over six months since I last posted anything. There has been plenty for me to write about.…


  • Writing Freedom

    A few posts ago, I wrote about purchasing a new camera. The image on the left is a picture of it, a Nikon COOLPIX P510. I’m still learning to use it, but so far I like it a lot. It’s still a point and shoot camera, not a DSLR, but it is just enough camera…


  • 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,…