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That amusing little image swam into my social media recently and oh BOY. Every writer I know who happened to see it shared it, responded to it, reacted to it, responded to it. makes you wish there really … Continue reading
Category Archives: Humor
It’s fall for certain. That sunlight slant. The trees looking as if they’ve been misted with yellow paint. Those squash leaves wearing a funereal shade of pale ocher, as if trying on make-up for a Halloween costume. The only spot … Continue reading
Without preamble, here we go. Woke. This one is particularly irksome. High on the irony scale. “Woke” may have multiple origins, but the most contemporary one appears to be from early 20th century Black consciousness raising–”stay woke” appeared in a … Continue reading
Mr. Big never complains. He never asks for anything. It makes me sick. Sometimes I just want to bite his nose off. And they love him ever so fucking much. He’s the favorite, I can tell even though the treat … Continue reading
I have a number of thing to say today. One, before I lay out my crossword frustrations, I want to do a modified “Six Degrees …” of my background films (that is, films and TV series I run while I … Continue reading
This will be a short one, all made up of photos for your viewing pleasure–a relief for us on the U.S. West Coast experiencing foul air and energy-sucking heat. A few days before the SECOND malevolent heat wave hit Oregon, … Continue reading
You can’t tell me that the smoke from our Oregon fires that spread to New York City didn’t circumnavigate the globe and return to Oregon! Sunset last night was the color of a neon tomato. A melange of smoke, marine … Continue reading
While I was fussing about what to write for my Sunday blog with no tangible result, the Saturday New York Times Crossword provided inspiration. Constructors: Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz Saturdays are the most challenging puzzles; long answers, obscurities, puns … Continue reading
Is gluten-free cat litter a thing? While browsing the Chewy.com website to read cat litter reviews—not something I normally do when bored, you understand—I saw this entry in the “ask questions” section. After a few muttered words of derision and … Continue reading
In preparation for a brutal heat wave about to descend on Oregon, I am sitting in semi-darkness, fans whirring, upstairs AC units working at light speed. The garden and the dogs are watered, shorts I have not worn in years … Continue reading