He’s heard my voice raise an octave or two whenever we touch upon the topic and that patient father of mine, grins the grin, and let’s me vent it out of my system, because he knows, this devout to the max Catholic knows, I have strayed away from church, Oh, Religion (and I’m sure this …

It’s true. I’m trying my best to understand, but I honestly, seriously, really don’t. And then I wonder, maybe it’s me, maybe I’m wrong or just looking at things through my sometimes waaaaay  too tunnel-y, tunnel vision. So, I wake up the next day with solemn exclamations of I’ll try better !! and TODAY I …

I wrote these words three years ago, today. Day 1 uh-huh. You read it right. Today is my 1,096th day of no, no sharing this blog on social media, that is No Facebook. No Twitter/X. No Instagram. Crazy move, some have said, WHAT ??? WHY ??? others wondered, but when I look back at what …

I adore this picture taken somewhere in 1998, with my favorite tree in full, glorious bloom, a deer happened by and younger me, feeling the need to mark this momentous occasion, snapped, circled and arrow-ed A. DEER. In. Our. Yard. How awesome is that ??!!? Oh, Critters you’ve loved this old house just as much …

Like a little, bitty cloud above my head, there it was, hanging, doing it’s thing, late morning, early afternoon, nothing was wrong, nothing felt right, all was good, but … er …eh … EH. A heavy heart, a jolly heart, trying to coexist. Yep. It was one of THOSE days. With absolutely no reasonable reason …

! Happy Bubbles ! are the words I share every September 24th. Why ?? you wonder. Because it’s ! National Punctuation Day ! I exclaim. But as I was strolling through my archives, I stumbled upon a few grammatically incorrect paragraphs, written by yours truly, that just tickled my soul. So. YaY. ! Enjoy ! …

  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ what a wonderful world … ♥ 🙂 ♥ Today’s Song

I’m under my sidewalk And here I will stay Maybe a moment Or maybe a day It’s safe and it’s quiet It lends my heart peace Under my sidewalk My happy release I sit and I ponder ’bout life and such things I hide from the noise The world sometimes brings My questions are answered …

Way back, when indoor shopping malls were the latest new, I’d often tag along with Mom and Dad as they’d happily Christmas shop for last minute this and that’s. But as they would be lost in finishing up, I, forever the procrastinator, would be grudgingly beginning. And maybe ??  maybe !! this is precisely where …

Ever feel invisible ?? I mean really, truly invisible. It’s a surreal sort of vibe, kinda cool, kinda odd. I wrote about it back in 2019 It’s Andy ! but it’s happened a time or three since. Can’t say I love the feel, but I can’t say I mind. At. All. hmmm. Anyways, that wasn’t …