Aug 16 2015
Resolution Revisited I’ve been going through old posts and found this one from 2008. I never think I accomplish my goals. But, by God, here’s one I did: I am going to write a book. There, I’ve said it, right out loud so now it is real. This involves the shifting of my tectonic plates: …
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Aug 15 2015
If a cruise is working as it should, around about Day Five your brain has made so few decisions that it ceases to function altogether. This leads to conversations such as this overheard early one morning on the Lido Deck Cruise News She: Look. It’s getting light out. He: Let’s go see if it’s getting …
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Aug 14 2015
AARP online featured this article: Understand the Early Signs of Dementia: Take the Memory Quiz. Hot damn, doesn’t that sound like fun? Frankly, I take a memory quiz every morning when I try to find my car keys. Do you shop on line? You know that place that allows you to choose the order in …
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Aug 13 2015
I am the world’s worst crafter. Don’t know a crochet hook from a knitting needle. But! Here on the back nine, I’ve found a home craft I can do. I’m working on it now. That book cover to the left should be a hint. Yes! It’s a holiday novella starring Bear and his geriatric gang. …
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Aug 12 2015
When I retired I did not know how to nap. You probably won’t either. As a child, the very idea filled you with horror, maybe because it was also referred to as being ‘put down.’ Of course that made you cry. The result is that you recoiled from it all your working life. It seemed …
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Aug 11 2015
Hard to Bear is now online (I like to think some of the weekend fireworks were about that). This is the second in the Bear Jacobs series of mysteries. I thought you might enjoy the first few pages, so here they are. Let me know what you think. BTW, if you’d like to help keep …
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Aug 10 2015
This Morning I Woke Up As Andy Rooney! Damn It All This morning when I woke up, I was Andy Rooney. I have spent the day shooting messengers. Here are five of my current irritants: 1. I am sick and tired of sexual orientation being the first thing I know about a person. “Hi. I’m …
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Aug 09 2015
At last! The second in my PI Bear Jacobs series is nearly ready to introduce through Amazon. The final edit is underway; the book should be available within the next thirty days. To the left is the cover (duh). And here is the ‘sell copy’ for Amazon: Life at Latin’s Ranch adult care home is …
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Aug 08 2015
I would be half the woman I am today without potatoes. In addition to giving one a profile any Sumo would envy, potatoes spike blood sugar, raise bad triglycerides, lower good cholesterol, boost risk of heart attack, promote binge eating. Nonetheless, a world without potatoes is unthinkable. The Irish wouldn’t have done all that whining …
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Nov 04 2000
LESSONS OF EVIL PROLOGUE The Oregon Desert, 1989 Shrinks think they know everything, but they’re as clueless as everyone else. Abishua had learned that from the psychobabble they’d forced on him in the early eighties at Oregon State Penitentiary. He’d been paroled early because of all the ‘progress’ he had made. They …
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