I looked up from my computer in the living room yesterday and looked out the window. Through the curtains, things looked a bit weird. I opened the door. It was close to sunset. It was snowing lightly. And the world had gone pink. My phone was close at hand, but my shoes were not. ByContinue reading “A World Gone Pink”
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No! More! Apps!
I do not like them, Sam I Am.I do not like them, apps and ham A friend emailed me yesterday. He had sent me a message over the weekend on Facebook Messenger, and I hadn’t yet replied to him. He wanted to make sure I’d seen it. I had seen it, but… I don’t haveContinue reading “No! More! Apps!”
Snow Squall!
I was in the kitchen, when I heard a howl of wind outside. “Well, that’s interesting!” I thought. I went to the door, opened it, looked outside… There was a frumious snow squall! It was over within five minutes and the skies cleared off. I guess this is the expected cold front coming through. There’sContinue reading “Snow Squall!”
Meeting Deer
At some point, I was going to visit the cemeteries in Baltimore and tell my mom’s family that she had died. Now, if the afterlife is a thing you believe in, there was really no need to do so; depending on what kind of afterlife one believes in, one could argue that her family wouldContinue reading “Meeting Deer”
An Unseasonably Warm January Day
It reached 60 degrees today in Pennsyltucky. Except to go to the grocery store, I’ve been a homebody since I returned from North Carolina on the penultimate day of 2025 (ie., December 30th), and it’s been absolutely cold. I drove over to the state park, just because it was lovely. The Susquehanna was frozen over,Continue reading “An Unseasonably Warm January Day”
A Gallimaufry
As I write this, I am listening to WAMU’s Hot Jazz Saturday Night, and this first program of the year is a “gallimaufry” — a mixed bag, a potpourri, a hodgepodge. I happen to like the word “gallimaufry.” I used it once in an email at work. No one in that email knew what IContinue reading “A Gallimaufry”
A Cold Start to the Year
I didn’t make it to midnight to see the stake put through 2025’s cold, black heart. I fell asleep about 9, while listening to Hot Jazz New Year’s Eve on WAMU, and woke at 11 to Fred Astaire singing “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” I turned it off, turned off the lights, andContinue reading “A Cold Start to the Year”
Holiday Road Photos IV
It was a rainy, windy, and warm day in North Carolina today. I’ve applied for jobs with the town of Cary (where I worked twenty years ago with EB Games) and Wake Tech. If anyone knows anyone who knows anyone who can put in a good word for me, I would greatly appreciate it. NotContinue reading “Holiday Road Photos IV”
Holiday Road Photos III
More photos from my road trip. My sister’s family’s dog, taking up the sofa Christmas morning. He likes to bark at me. He also likes to bark at the cats, who live upstairs, safe behind a gate. On a walk around the neighborhood this morning, there was a pirate statue. Before going to look atContinue reading “Holiday Road Photos III”
Holiday Road Photos II
Today was the second stage of my holiday adventures, going from Lynchburg to Raleigh. My siblings and I had discussed with my dad the possibility of me bringing him to North Carolina, and while he was receptive Sunday and Monday, yesterday he didn’t feel up to the trip. He’s eighty-four and frail, and it’s aContinue reading “Holiday Road Photos II”