Mother’s Day Blues AgainJuly 3, 2024Mother's Day - a day of feeling melancholy, somewhat inadequate and inapt...
COVID-19, Boredom, and MeJuly 3, 2024Coronavirus isolation - is it easier to tolerate with a little bit of silliness and humor?
A Day in My Life: the Ruellia Wars. (Or My Fight with Ruellia blechum, the Green Shrimp Plant)June 20, 2020Little things can make you lose your mind, especially when they are a plant. They can even affect your writing...
Florida Iguanas: Unwanted – Dead or AliveJuly 9, 2019When a species is declared an unwanted invasive species - to kill or not to kill?
In Memoriam for a Vacant LotJanuary 12, 2019"Undeveloped land cannot be allowed to just sit there," said the city planners who never saw a tree they liked....
Breaking Bad – HabitsFebruary 11, 2018There is so much advice on writing, so many tips, rules, recommendations, and suggestions. Most of which I am immune to...
Insiders and OutsidersJuly 5, 2017Insiders or outsiders? Experienced or inexperienced? Politics or otherwise, which one can solve a problem best?
Stupidity-An AnalysisApril 1, 2017Interactions between stupid people are like those of matter. Stupid people are attracted to each other, they bond together and produce stupid behaviors… and kids.