From a Sociable Distance: A Spring Update & My Visit to the ER
May this post find you safe and well. Both Jill and I have jobs that allow us to teach and...
29 March, 2020
Rescued from the Chinese Dog Meat Trade!
Jill and I adopted two, gorgeous basset hounds last weekend. They’re a “bonded pair,” two dogs who have grown close...
29 January, 2019
I Am Being Extorted By a Hacker. Are You?
This morning I scrolled through my junk mail to make sure my very aggressive spam-blocker had not culled an innocent...
21 July, 2018
Eight Days in Nevada
I just spent eight days in Nevada, doing research for a novel I’m writing, which deals, in part, with the...
23 May, 2018
Homeless and On the Road
I camped in a Walmart lot last night in Fort Worth, Texas. At Walmart Supercenters, which are open 24/7, there's...
11 July, 2016
When Somebody Steals Your Shopping Cart
Shopping in Trader Joe’s yesterday, I left my cart to fetch some bananas. When I returned, my cart was gone....
04 March, 2016
Our Massive Move Out of 2746 Saint Paul
Jill and I are camping today, trying to recover from our move yesterday. The move -- emptying 5,000 square feet...
24 August, 2015
A Return from China
A package I sent to China last September just came back to me. What’s remarkable is not the fact that...
10 March, 2015
FIRE!
This morning, while changing a light bulb in the kitchen, I smelled burning plastic. Odd, I thought. Usually, our neighborhood...
07 February, 2015
How I Got Burned at the Flea Market
If you’ve watched “Antiques Roadshow,” you’ve seen segments where a collector believes he’s brought in a priceless artifact--like a Ming...
11 January, 2015