Ignoring the experts
Hello, Readers All, Good week? Lousy week? Middle-of-the-tunnel-with-only-that-light-ahead-as-a-clue week? I'm there with ya. Speaking of clues, I had this...
Dodging the bots, keeping the faith
Hello Readers All, How did your week treat you? Me, I was all delighted to get a brand new subscriber to the ol' weekly ramble. Odd-looking email, but hey,...
It's definitely a rice pudding kinda night
Hey there, Readers All, First and best: Big rounds of applause and general all-around YOU-ARE-THE-BESTs for twenty-three of you who opened and read some of...
To the Ten
Hello, Readers All, This is a special heart-felt thank you to The Ten who I see read something from last week's collection. Yayyyyyyyy!!!! I'm never going to...
The Up of It and the Down of it
Hello, Readers All, The good news and the bad news about not being a niche-oriented writer is that you never know what you're gonna get. Mixed bag doesn't...
How Hot Do You Like It? <wink, wink>
Hello, Readers All, I just took a gander at the list of all of you who opened and read stories from last week. Whoaaaa! I tend to put this little package...
The Silly and the Not-so-Silly
Hello, Readers All, Against all the odds, here you are again. And here I am again. Another week of new work and you here to read it. Damn! That's amazing and...
How Lucky Are We Feeling?
Hello, Readers All, At least two of our neighbors here in Chez Frontenac have Covid. How are your neighbors? At this point, it feels pretty inevitable but I...
Let's keep walking....because what else can we do?
Hello, Readers All, Are you hanging in there? Are you wondering what's really going on in the world around us? Unless your third cousin twice removed is a...
Your support is incredibly important - thank you!
Well, look at me, missing my Sunday newsletter. I know. I know. I'd love to lie and tell you I wrote these just for you. But they're part of my slow...
All in step now, dammit!
Hello, Readers All, What to say? Things have not improved since last week (did we really think they would?). Numbers of infections are rising and so is the...
The Fridge Stays Put
Hello, Readers All, Maybe you're more well-balanced than I am. In fact, it's a good possibility that you are. If so, rock right on with whatever's working...
Sunshine and lollipops
Hello, Readers All, Ok, right. The sunshine and lollipops line is hopeful but probably just a pile of hooey. So be it. How was your weekend? Ours was the Big...
How to keep walking
Hello, Readers All, Are you ok? Maybe - like me - you think you're basically ok. Maybe we are. But it feels like there's a rumbling under the surface that...
Let's Pretend
Hello, Readers All, And a special hello to the ten readers who found something to read here last week. Go me! In our current world of hurt, it can be tricky...
What season is it anyway?
Hello, Readers All, I hope you're holding up ok in our mad world. We barely are able to process one shit show when the next hits. Are you all right? You may...
All War, All The Time
Hello, Readers All, It's pretty impossible to talk or hear anything that's doesn't start with the letter "U" or "R" or both. Usually both. It's also tricky...
A room filled with elephants
Hello, Readers All, So how are we going to even open our mouths without talking about war? Hmmm? Ok, I give up. <br /> The Dummies’ Guide to Geopolitics | by...
Horse Latitudes
Hello, Readers All, I've got the sails up but there doesn't seem to be much wind (with a sincere thank you to the ten of you who read something from last...
Ok, Let's Not Hibernate After All
Hello, Readers All, I guess I'm over my little tantrum and have decided that experiencing winter isn't so bad after all (see last week's iteration for any...