Well hello. I've been absent for some months now, all due to a glitch in the blogging system that should have been fixed in a day or so. The blog meisters have an excruciating "system" for identifying potential intruders into the works of others. They ask endless questions, some of which you know the answers to and many more that you don't. It's a delicate dance that the meisters know well. They hold information that you don't have, all at the height of politeness and concern

In 1993, there was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that was the precursor to the infamous 9/11 attack in 2001. Seven men...

Some years ago, Perry and I decided to install a ceiling fan in our living room. The people who installed it spoke no English at all so...

I was dressed to the nines in a silk skirt, shirt and jacket. In downtown Washington D.C., I was on my way to an "informational...

I'm in the elevator at my job with a national software company with several other people. Two men at the front are talking about an...

There are times when you would likely ask, 'What would I do?' You're on an airplane that has just lifted off and gained cruising...

Okay Possums, I've been vacant for a variety of reasons, none good. So I suggest we jump start our summer exercise program following...

For Perry and me, 2024 was a difficult year. Our beloved niece died of metastatic breast cancer, a friend of Perry's died, and our...

Thoughts on the election: This aside, 2024 was a bad year for us, between the deaths of loved ones and illness, among other things. But...

These pictures tell in a nutshell what happened in my last fall. Luckily, no bones broken, but plenty of aches and pains.

I was lying in a sodden heap under the weed tree—a silver maple—in our front yard. I had been carrying a cane in my right hand and a...

Sheesh. Who knew getting older was such a bitch! Can't say I worried about it too much in recent decades, but things have advanced on me...

Some years ago, Perry and I had a Pekingese named Hugo, who was darling inside and out. At 12 pounds, he was small and had acquired the...

The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. It starred Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and Trevor...

In recent weeks, Perry and I have been revisiting old movies, some of which have aged better than others. The 1944 film, Gaslight,...

The minute we met Major Everett Jones, I knew he was a character. We were at a friend’s apartment, and he was sitting on the back of the...

When we moved into our house in 1986, this is what the yard looked like out back: The wood in the foreground was the edge of a crappy...

It’s taken me many weeks to sit down to write about our beloved niece, Erin, who died of metastatic breast cancer in February at the age...

Many apologies to my readers. I've dropped off the Internet for awhile after several emotional setbacks to the illness and death of a...

The first time we met, and happily not the last, Margaret and Everett Jones were at a friend’s party. Everett, a tall, handsome black man...