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Just fifteen minutes a day can do you a world of good in a number of ways. If you spend just fifteen minutes looking at the outside of your ...

I was tired. My finger hurt. The sun was in my eyes the whole time. I plumb forgot it. I fell asleep. I thought it was supposed to happen ne...

 Leaves crack discreetly One by one, as I listen To the dog, walking. .

 I've had fifteen minutes of fame. In fact, more. I reckon I had some fame when I was in community theatre, and someone recognized me at...

I was driving east on I-90 through Massachusetts, and I saw a concatenation of clouds that made me think "This is what the recently dep...

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  Thanks for our neighbors  Who cultivated milkweed  That brought us Monarchs.   Recent photo by the author does not depict our yard, but so...

Farewell, Master; Master, meow. No more flies I'll chase for sport Nor do mousing in thy housing Nor flee thy dogs who snap and snort! B...

 I used up the Andouille sausage this morning, and I declare success. I've been seeing what I could do with it, along with potato, egg, ...

The paper calendar I've used since the 90s is elegant: a spiral ring across three pages that hang down. Week day, date, month. It's ...

GOPS ON HOP I am a Gop And I hate hop. If you won't stop, I'll close your shop. You may not smoke it in a house. You may not share i...

In March of 2020, I'd been playing in a local Irish slow jam for three years or so, in which time my ability to find chords had improved...

 Parents! Sometimes it's hard to afford all the presents your child deserves. Let's not get into the reasons--really, we all know ho...

 One of the last things I did on the recent trip to the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan was to hop in the car with my sis and pop down the ...

 About 1983, I recorded accompaniments to a couple Spanish hymns, and became fond of one of them. I hadn't copied it out of the hymnal w...

Yes. It happened. There was a September this year. It haddeth 30 days. I ventured up to the great state of Michigan, via Pennsylvania and Oh...

 I like this shot I got on August 19, from under the Main Street bridge, looking toward the State Street bridge at the Erie Canal at Schoen ...

The bus rolls down I-80, and for the third time on this trip, I unfold some letters. The first two times, I was sharing a seat with cheerful...

I didn't hurry to get to my walk today, as it was going to be cool and (knock wood) not wet in about the same proportions for a couple o...

I walked along a street in my home town Between the scenes of yet another dream. A noisy car came near, slowed slightly down; Inside, un-age...