Monthly Archives: January 2023

Our neighbors this winter are people we’ve known for half a dozen years. They are about ten years older than us. They are the salt of the earth-type of people, and I have grown especially fond of her as the … Continue reading →

For more than a decade now, I’ve kept up a monthly blog on another website, Midwest Gypsy. Normal people like our relatives and old classmates (I use the term ‘old’ lovingly) find our seemingly vagabond lifestyle curious and so I … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning, still feeling the afterglow of reuniting with friends yesterday, and indeed it was a reunion for two of my friends who hadn’t seen each other since covid came on the scene. Everything went without a … Continue reading →

Today is the day I’ve been looking forward to for weeks. My friend/next-door neighbor and I are driving 80 miles or so to meet up with a mutual friend for lunch, who driving about the same distance, and it’s going … Continue reading →

Little did I expect yesterday morning that the most exciting thing that was going to happen that day was going to happen at a laundromat. Given the way the day began, I’m grateful the whole day didn’t go down the … Continue reading →

I have been blessed with friends all throughout my life, and there are certain ones I still keep in contact with years after last seeing them. I just had a phone-visit with one, our first in many, many months, and … Continue reading →

A professional hockey player’s jersey has very nearly sold out on NHL Shop and Fanatics, just days after the liberal media tried crucifying him for boycotting the team’s LBGTQ+ Pride Night last week. When interviewed, Ivan Provorov said that he … Continue reading →

With the best of intentions, I bought a bag of apples a couple of weeks ago, thinking I’d try eating one a day. It seemed a doable goal; I like apples. It didn’t happen like I planned. I only ate … Continue reading →