Grim Realities of Progress
After spending some time and effort typing my first Quick Post and being told to be sure I’d filled in all the required content (guess I hadn’t), I really don’t know if I can regurgitate that train of...
View ArticleWho Am I and Why Don’t I Know My Own USER NAME?,
It’s raining on my snow covered yard, and the glug of the gutters is a pleasant soundtrack as I attempt to navigate through nonsense. There are places I have found where I cannot enter, comments I...
View ArticleA Flock of Robins on February 4th?
Usually the first robin of spring shows up in our ash tree sometime in March. Today we were astonished to see a huge flock of red breasts resting after their long migration. Approximately 20 or 30...
View ArticleThis World Is So Strange… I Prefer My Nightmares
As 2012 moves closer to its finale, I am listing the tasks and purchases I am postponing until 2013, just in case the world really ends this December. 1. A new world almanac 2. Getting a physical...
View ArticleBULLETTIME by Nick Mamatas, a Discordian Blast
The exact place and time my internet path crossed the author, Nick Mamatas, escapes me, but I recently ordered two of his novels before having read a single line penned by him. Since I am a devotee...
View ArticleOnce in a Blue Moon
My husband and I often think we missed our calling. We should have been a modern day Gilbert and Sullivan or some sort of crazed jingle maker. Silly notions, characters, tunes and scenarios are...
View ArticleThe Air Is Golden
As usual, I am on the wrong device to share the appropriate photo to illustrate my thoughts. Autumn is a special time of year here in northern Idaho. The foliage is turning slowly to gorgeous shades...
View ArticleMardi Gras In My Mind
Presidents’ Day is almost upon us, and I have heard rumors that Mardi Gras is in progress, although you would never know it here in the Land of ID. I was recently asked by a Facebook friend to join her...
View ArticleA Book Worth Biting For
Historia Discordia: The Origins of the Discordian Society by Adam Gorightly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Historia Discordia is obviously a labor of love by the editor, Adam Gorightly, who has created a...
View ArticleA Book Worth Biting For
Historia Discordia: The Origins of the Discordian Society by Adam Gorightly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Historia Discordia is obviously a labor of love by the editor, Adam Gorightly, who has created a...
View ArticleA Book Worth Biting For
Historia Discordia: The Origins of the Discordian Society by Adam Gorightly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Historia Discordia is obviously a labor of love by the editor, Adam Gorightly, who has created a...
View ArticleMy First Fingerless Success
Only knitters will understand the feeling of accomplishment with the completion of the first truly fingerless gloves that actually fit me. The rest of the world might as well toe up.
View ArticleExpanding Dark Horizon
A couple of years back I wrote this essay for Dark Discoveries as a feature of my Black Barony column. Images via Amazon. The Golden Age of Dread by Laird Barron The Sun’s rim dips; the stars rush...
View Article“Hello! Is it me you’re looking for?”
How long has it been since I posted my thoughts here? Way too long, but believe me, they still rattle around inside my skull waiting to escape. Leave me alone seems to be the focus of my reclusive...
View ArticleOnly the Dead Will Know the End of War
My husband wrote these words in the past: “The state determines everything. It’s that simple. The state is god, it makes up its own laws and rules. It has its own black robed priests, of both low and...
View ArticleAn Amazing Decade In A Different World With Snow
I have not posted anything for a very long time, but I continue to think and ponder. We are experiencing our eleventh winter in the far north, and it continues to amaze us, native southern...
View ArticleI.D.G.A.F. but when I do, I give it 2U
That is a line (and contains the title) of a song by my new musical obsession, Lord of the Lost, also known as LOTL. This morning I viewed (could not participate in) a Live video on Facebook with half...
View ArticleDancing In The Street?
Summer is here, but what is going on in our streets? Not dancing, me thinks, but I am continuing in my splendid isolation, so the dork-dancing in my home persists. How does one find out what happened...
View ArticleREVENGE OF THE TURKEYS
No denying that 2020 has been an extremely difficult year for everyone, but our roving flocks of wild turkeys are indifferent to the current disgraceful displays of human behavior. As my husband...
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