Hal and I were out the other day and after some lunch and shopping, I decided to stop by our local movie theater. Worst decision ever. We have several streaming services here at home, but silly me, I thought it would be nice for us to see a movie in

Hal and I talked to an old friend last night for almost two hours. We hadn’t spoken with him like that for far too long, and it felt so good to catch up with him. We talked about our various maladies since we’re all getting older, probably not

Henry being Henry

If you’ve read my stories recently, you’ve heard me talk about profound changes in my life. Things were getting so much better, but I felt like a leaf caught in an Autumn windstorm, flying everywhere. Every time I tried to settle down, I felt caught up in the

A few days ago, Hal and I went to the grocery store to stock up on necessities. I have a handicap plate on my car, so we park near the door. I finished shopping before Hal, so I went to the car and waited for him. While I waited, I

I started this post yesterday and then lost interest. I guess that sums up Monday perfectly for me. I saw this old picture of Henry taking it easy, and my mood was determined. I hope that this procrastinated entry doesn't hurt anything.

Every day we hear of new Republican attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community, women, minorities, Democrats, and anyone else that Republicans don’t like. I started wondering if there was anything other than attacking people; what were the things the GOP has done for this country in the last two years?

I’m going to close out my stories about my extended family with this last episode. Once again, I was a child, I cannot remember if this happened, but it was between 1972 and 1974. My memory isn’t sharp on this for reasons that will become clear later in

About 4 years after the family reunion disaster https://medium.com/@dreamer9177/why-i-cant-stand-my-extended-family-part-2-e4f8856513ff, one of my Mom’s brothers, not the one with the Winnebago, called Mim out of the blue less than a week before Christmas and wanted to bring his family and share the holiday with us. Mom

After my first experience with my Aunt Gladys mentioned in https://medium.com/@dreamer9177/why-i-cant-stand-my-extended-family-f402ecdbefa1 I wanted to fast forward a year to 1972. There was a film that all us kids thought was the best thing ever called “The Doberman Gang” about criminals who trained a pack of Dobermans

A friend on Medium said that I should write stories about my extended family. Here is background and the first example of a fucked-up extended family. I am an only child of two wonderful, loving parents. I wish the story ended there, but everything goes downhill. First, a but of

As if Americans aren’t already obese enough, now we’re subjected to “National Donut Day,” which was obviously the aborted brainchild of some 350-pound internet food porn junkie, waiting to haul his ass out of the basement he lives in. Once he recovers from that exertion and from the

My website project continues. I am learning as I go, but I am not trying to do everything at once because I don’t want to get frustrated and quit in anger. I have all the time in the world to learn and do this right. I have wanted to

This is my first Ghost blog post using their editor on my website. I find this is an excellent writing tool that is paired with my website. Grammarly is integrated into the editor, so there is no cut-and-paste to get things done right. I think that the Ghost editor will

I called a friend last weekend to say hello. I have known her for more than 15 years because we worked together until I went on permanent disability back in 2021. Of all my old coworkers, she is the one who has stayed in touch the longest. We seldom go