I once lived in a house that had something like five clocks between my bedroom and the coffee maker. I could never get them coordinated; none of them consistently kept time as the others. I'd lose about ten minutes of my day in the brief time it took me to go through my bedroom door,... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt 2050-The furthest I’ve ever traveled from home: I went to Hell
I went to Hell in 1999. It gives new meaning to me about partying like it was 1999! I can tell you, yes it was hot, I can also tell you there was nothing fancy about the journey - no Grim Reaper, no picture of Death. Think rattly old bus with windows that didn't stay... Continue Reading →
The Online Store Headaches
I was going to blather about how to set up an online selling platform inventory tracking system but found myself bogged down with too many unnecessary details. That being said, I've deleted most of it but am going to leave an excerpt here for your amusement. "When I began my business, I started with one... Continue Reading →
Jimmy Buffett 1946-2023
It's taken me a couple days to process just why I'm sad Jimmy Buffett passed away. It's not like I had any link to him at all, well, except for his music. He came on my scene when I was about seventeen and the island vibe spoke to me in ways no Teenie-bopper music could.... Continue Reading →
Wings For the Departed
I dream a lot. Sometimes my dreams trigger stories, so if I try to describe them here, imagine them in full-blown, movie-quality, technicolor. The grass is Springtime Green, the sky a Midsummer Blue, and sometimes the blood is, well, Blood-Red. Having said that, sometimes my dreams help me interpret and process struggles I'm experiencing, and... Continue Reading →
When I Thought of Myself as An Adult
I had my first child when I was nineteen, my second just after I turned twenty-one. By the ripe "Adult" age of twenty-four, I was on my own, raising these two little ones with no means of support other than a waitressing job. Looking back, I realize I was a child, raising children. I clearly... Continue Reading →
One of THOSE days…
This morning I planned to get a lot done and right now it is afternoon, and I've done two things on my list of twenty. These days tend to snowball on me; after coffee, I want to prime some wood for painting, but in order to rinse the brush afterwards, I need to clean out... Continue Reading →
Burning Man Festival, 2023
For those not in the "know," Burning Man is held yearly in the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada, usually the last Sunday of August through the first Monday in September. So many people show up for this, that Gerlach, the little town just outside of the Black Rock Desert, is transformed from a sleepy... Continue Reading →
Tracing Electrical Lines
Hubbin was tracing the lines and breakers in our home's electrical panel, since the original list that was taped to the inside panel door was brittle; each time we had to open the panel, more of the original list disintegrated and fell off. He found two breakers that did nothing when he tripped them but... Continue Reading →
The Christmas “Gotcha!”
When my youngest was about four years old, I signed him up for the Sheriff's Santa Program. Every year the Sheriff's Reserve would dress up one of their own and the Sheriff's deputies would drive them around to participating Carson City Nevada homes, so that the children could visit with Santa on Christmas Eve. When... Continue Reading →
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