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