There's Ups, There's Downs
Hello, Readers All, I’ve written and deleted three opening paragraphs this week. I give up. With no clever openings, here’s the work. <br /> Need More...
If it looks like spring...
Hello, Readers All, We ventured out into Central Park today because it was about damned time we got to see that famous fugitive Eurasian Eagle-Owl. If we had...
Hanging in There
Hello, Readers All, I knew you’d be glad to read that I’m hanging in there. Are you? I sure hope so! If not, cheer up, at least you don’t you’re not on...
So This Is The Long Haul, Huh?
Hello, Readers All, If you jumped aboard this feisty little newsletter when it launched, you've been sailing along mostly with the tide for three and a third...
A Day Early and This is Why
Hello, Readers All, So by tomorrow night - when I'd usually be sending this out - it will be obsolete. And this is why. <br /> I’m Going to March Against...
How Super Has this Sunday Been, Anyway?
The guys at the Riker's pre-release center behind where I live erupted into yelling and cheers several hours ago. Oh, right. Super Bowl Sunday, that uniquely...
Winter? What winter?
Hello, Readers All, If you're sick of shoveling and want a break, come to New York City. We had our first measurable snow of the year - less than half an...
Good News, Bad News, Good news
Hey there, Readers All, You may or may not have noticed that I've dropped back to three new stories weekly instead of four. I'm still writing four and five...
Hitting my Stride....Again
Hello, Readers All, I always forget that there's a slump in readership starting around the middle of November and lasting until, well, now. Will I remember...
One Step Forward...Two Steps Back
Hello, Readers All, Chickens. We should start this week with chickens. Walking up Amsterdam Avenue after picking up the latest iteration of "Graceless" which...
Gliding into the New?
Hello, Readers All, Some time back a Reader spanked me for what I'm about to do in the next couple of sentences. This Reader held that it was a form of...
New Year, New....Whatever
Hello, Readers All, Having successfully escaped 2022, it's clearly time to haul all the cliches out to scatter them all over the place. Resolutions? Stack...
Here's to a Very Merry....Sunday
Hey there, Readers All, If you celebrated The Big One, I hope it's been jolly. For those not of the tinsel and obligatory gift-giving persuasion, I hope it's...
Yes, Yes, I Know What Season It Is
Hello, Readers All, You'd have to live under a pile of rocks buried under three feet of lead not to know it's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. If you...
Expanding My Wee Empire
Hello, Readers All, You may not have realized that you had gotten yourself mixed up in some flagrant empire-building when you signed up for this seemingly...
Where's my Juice?
Hello, Readers All, And straight up first thing must say: Thank you! Thank you to the premium subscribers who got back to me about the goodies (more on that...
One Hundred in One Hundred and Sixty One
Hello, Readers All, I wasn't counting (honest) but the handy dandy analytics tell me that over the course of the past 161 weeks I have only now arrived at...
For You, Three
Here are the final five of my month of drawing one new weird thing each day. One is for you. Your choice. Email me with your mailing address and then sit...
For You, Two
Like I said, there's MORE! Just to be on the safe side, let's put the last five in one more page. Ready?
For You
I wasn't necessarily just being cute by basically dangling the notion of "goodies" for premium subscribers. Ok, I was. But only a little. Back in late June,...