The Last One
21 December 2022 Sometime during Thanksgiving, Dear Husband half-jokingly said to me that I’ve got six weeks left in the year to write...
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- Sep 14, 2021
The Night of the Coyote
14 September 2021 Last night was The Night of the Coyote. I fell asleep late, past midnight. I’d spent the evening immersed in much...
- Jun 21, 2021
Cattle Drive
Summer 2021 Decades ago, I lived in a house on a street called Cattle Drive. The house was located in West Natomas, Sacramento, back when...
- Feb 9, 2021
You’re The Doctor
9 February 2021 I once knew an ob-gyn who posted two framed documents in his waiting room. In those days, the mid-1990s, the room truly...
- Nov 28, 2020
LAST CHANCE - No Going Back: No. 30
Late November 2020 There is something to be said for packing up most of your Stuff, putting it into Storage for three years, and then...
- May 15, 2020
Roaming Charges - Cellular 101
May 2020 About twenty years ago, pre-me-Phone, during the most primitive impulses of the Cellular Network, there was an AM-news-radio ad...
- May 15, 2020
Bat Out of Hell
Mid-May 2020 The other day I was driving Dear Husband, and myself, to the local flooring shop to select carpeting and flooring for our...
- Apr 1, 2020
The Turn of the Screw
April 2020 “I already know you’re screwing me. Don’t expect me to help you with it.” That nearly ribald statement was one that I made...
- Mar 17, 2020
Friend or Enemy - FOMO’d Again
St. Patrick’s Day 2020 The Fear Of Missing Out — FOMO — is a fear that I have very rarely felt or given into. Perhaps it is because my...
- Feb 5, 2020
Working Notes - A Cowgirl's Prayer
Frontier Themes: A Cowgirl’s Prayer Thank you Lord for helping me through the night, Thank you for helping me see the Light. Thank you...
- Jan 10, 2020
The Cowardice of the Bully
January 2020 The bully is the sneak-thief of decency. Unable to come out into the open and fight like an honorable human being, he, or...
- Nov 25, 2019
Hairy Scary
25 November 2019 This morning I decided to search online for instructions on creating a French twist. Yikes! There are portions of entire...
- Oct 17, 2019
Working Notes - Locked Horns
Thursday, 17 October 2019 I tried yesterday to start inputting onto my laptop my pen-scrawled French translation of the second half of...
- Apr 1, 2018
The Naked Spur: Beautiful Dreamer
April 2018 The first time I saw Jimmy Stewart in a Western was in The Naked Spur. It was an unforgettable experience. Stewart had...
- Jun 21, 2017
Composing The Westerns - Introduction
Summer 2017 Composing The Westerns During my Suburban Phase, I earned a few extra dollars here and there, beyond the few extra dollars...
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