Heat makes me cranky and stupid
Hello, Readers All, So the newsletter didn't go out last night and so what? Here it is. Your relief and joy are palpable and appreciated. Let's start with my...
Plague Summertime Blues
Hello, Readers All, How's things in your part of the forest? Here it's too damned hot and I'm too damned cranky. Nothing new, but at a higher temperature....
No, I won't be taking my mask off, thanks
Hello, Readers All, I don’t know about your town but around New York City the vibe seems to be Hey, This is SO GREAT That The Pesky Tiresome Pandemic is...
How to Do a Pandemic in the Summer
Hello, Readers All, First off: the only way I know how to “do” anything during a pandemic is to wear the damned mask when I’m out, stay in as much as my...
Change is..........well, change
Hello, Readers All, When I totally spaced on getting the newsletter out last Tuesday night and then forgot it again the next day I decided, with a little...
Fireworks Season Gets an Early Start
Hello, Readers All, Pick your reason but we seem to having a LOT more street fireworks action this year than I can ever remember and it’s earlier. There’s a...
Dropping balls that don't matter anyway
Hello, Readers All, When I started this newsletter some thirty weeks ago it just happened that the first one went out late on a Tuesday night. Since then,...
Wait! There's MORE!
Hello, Readers All, So from our somewhat shaky but still quiet perch uptown, the Anomalous Duo* is riding out the latest here in NYC. We had a bit of a taste...
Ok, no, we're not tossing the masks anytime soon, thx
Hello, Reader’s All! Aren’t we all so glad that that nasty, inconvenient virus is over with? Now we can all crowd back to the beaches and the bars and the...
What do you mean, it's not Tuesday night?
Readers, All, Well, it finally happened. I missed sending the newsletter out on Tuesday night as scheduled and as I have managed to do for the 30 weeks since...
Of course I'm still at it. Aren't you?
Hello, Readers All, A first and most important shout-out to those beautiful and generous souls who heeded my request for help selecting which six of ten...
What day is it? Oh, right. Tuesday.
Hello Readers, All, Thanks again to my intrepid partner for reminding me that it’s Tuesday, aka Newsletter Day. We’re roughly at Week Nine of our city’s...
I need your input (re-sending because internet went down on first sending)
Readers, All, I know you’re confused. Not to worry, it’s not the middle of Tuesday night or anything. I need some input from people who’ve read my work. I’m...
I need your input and you get a book out of the deal
Readers, All, I know you're confused. Not to worry, it's not the middle of Tuesday night or anything. I need some input from people who've read my work. I'm...
Trudging the road of.......something
Readers, All, Hiyas and how ya doing? Hopefully we've all moved past our bouncing off the walls stage and are calmly contemplating the next round of, well,...
What day is it again?
Readers All, hello! So do you remember what day it is? I spaced completely until AleXander just looked over and said "Newsletter?". Oh, right. It's Tuesday....
Are your walls closing in?
Readers, All, How are you holding up? Tired of it all? Oh, yes, indeed. I’ll still take a quick look at the news when I get up, but that’s all I can take....
Here we are.........still
Readers All, Hello! Look! Here you are still at home and so are we. Go figure. The 800 pound gorilla in all writers’ psyches refuses to budge so I guess,...
One Note, Played Over and Over and OVER!
Dear Readers, All, What the hell else is there to talk about, read about, obsess about? With 3 billion people stuck in their apartments (and we’re the lucky...
Our new normal that changes every twenty minutes
Dear Readers All, Don’t get comfortable (assuming that anyone is). Whatever state your world is in at this moment, it’s very likely to be something different...