Category: Life
ABNA Out
On Thursday the list of entrants that advanced to the second round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest was posted on line. I did not make the cut.
This stung. I doubted I would win, I found it likely that I would not make it past the second cut, but I felt pretty certain I [...]
Winter is a Friend
The snow is falling thick and fast outside my window, and the weather report says we could end up with a total of nearly two feet. With this as the atmosphere, I sit down to write about winter.
Winter is like a friend. Not so, you say? True, sometimes it is very easy to think of [...]
Black Garlic
I am not particularly cosmopolitan in my eating. At the end of the day the types of food I will eat are of moderate variety, and those which I really enjoy or which you will find my regularly grazing upon is an even more limited selection. However, I am a curious fellow, and perhaps I [...]
January Deluge
On Monday, January 25th the daytime temperature climbed to 50F, and it rained. A lot. With the ground still frozen and the snow rapidly melting, we were caught in a deluge. Behind the house, Choconut Creek rose rapidly in a flash flood. The water, murky and violent, was almost dizzying to watch up close as [...]
Entering the ABNA Contest
I was up very early this morning. Actually, I got up a few minutes before 12:00 AM. You see (as I informed cousin A) I was chasing fame and glory and riches. This is also known as entering the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Submissions opened at 12:01 AM Monday morning and submissions will stop [...]
What I did Last Summer
I am the sort of person who is always doing “something,” a “something” which can be describe as some productive project or getting into trouble–this depending somewhat on what I am currently doing, and your opinion of what defines “trouble.”
I like to work with my hands. I like to fix and make things. During the [...]
Dreaming of a Pink Bathroom Scale
Today I will write about dreams I had this week, just so you can all worry about my mental stability. Don’t let Freud get his hands on this.
Early this week I had a dream about a scale. It was bright florescent pink and made from a textured plastic fabric. Apparently I had bought it, and [...]
What Pictures Say
There is the old familiar saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” The sentiment is only partly true. A picture of the Grand Canyon can convey its physical appearance far more clearly than a thousand words. But a picture tells you very little about what someone thought about the Grand Canyon. If someone brings [...]
Feasting and Socializing
I am often reminded of two things at family gatherings. (1) I am not very good at socializing. (2) I am not very good at feasting.
As to the second point, Saturday’s party would be a good example. The main course of the party was sheet pizza. I had four slices of pizza at lunch, along [...]
The Christmas Card
Last week I learned that my namesake died. It was in the obituaries in the newspaper. Grandpa’s older brother Gene died on Saturday, December 5th. He was 85. Gene was Grandpa’s most beloved brother, and I was called by his name by Grandpa for the last two years of Grandpa’s life.
Gene’s health had been failing [...]
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