This morning one of the local churches had a broadcast of their service from last Sunday morning.  They have adapted well to the coronavirus...

In a word: "intimidated". Let's back up a bit.  The last time I bought a new computer was almost a decade ago.  It's not...

A little over a month ago I wrote about beginning Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR for short .  It's a therapy t...

An independent-minded scribe of stories wants nothing more than to produce the works that mean most to him.  And then one of his minor creat...

Something that's been twirling around my gray matter since last night: The coronavirus situation is bringing about the first real para...

Just me in my office today: Everybody  had to wear a mask inside the place.  That was after being admitted inside following temperatur...

That word has never sounded so sweet. The call came about thirty minutes ago.  The test indicated that I was negative for the COVID-19 vir...

Remember way back in second grade, when you found that big book on Miss Hoppenleiger's classroom shelf.  You know, the one that was load...

Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Could mean nothing at all.  Then again, well... The symptoms began yesterday.  Persistent c...

"One Shining Moment" is the song that CBS uses in the final moments of their annual coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tour...

I emphasize "imperfect" because there is not an absolutely perfect solution and there never will be.  COVID-19 is now such a per...

Pics that I took tonight at a nearby grocery store... I made sure to get the entire toilet paper section in one shot: No more ground...

Some are almost rubbing their hands in glee at coronavirus: holding to the notion that this is an obvious sign of the Second Coming because ...

Some of this blog's longtime readers may recall how I was writing a book about having bipolar disorder.  That was a project I'd been...

This blog has been operational for sixteen(!) years now, and it's covered a lot of territory.  Everything from pop culture to weird news...

There is a tradition I never fail to keep: whenever I get snowed in and can't go anywhere, I turn down the lights and crank up the sound...