Dec 28, 20243 min readA Gulf Shores Christmas & MoreI hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. We went with a friend and her son to Gulf Shores, Alabama for a couple of days...
Dec 12, 20244 min readA Kakistocracy State is Coming I recently came across the term kakistocracy in an opinion piece in the New York Times by Paul Krugman. Kakistocracy basically means a...
Nov 20, 20243 min readA Short ProseThis is a short prose yesterday in my collection of prose about smells. This one has to do with something that has been on my mind and...
Oct 27, 20244 min readVote, Marathon Training, & Writing Everyone, Election Day is in 9 days! I cannot believe how close the polls have tightened and I need to stop looking at them because they...
Oct 13, 20245 min readThe State of Affairs, Running, & GardeningI am going to start with some updates on gardening. The first picture is of four white radishes that I grew in a large pot. These four...
Sep 29, 20244 min readReceiving an Award & Other ThoughtsLet me start with some good news, this last Thursday night I attended the Purdue Excellence in Teaching ceremony and received a marble...
Sep 14, 20244 min readStill Feeling Summer Like*For the record, if you find any typos or grammar errors in my posts, I apologize but I am not using AI. I feel like I have not updated...
Aug 17, 20245 min readNew School Year & Novel Draft Done.As you can see, Yena has started high school this week and I thought I would share some pictures of now and then. I think she is doing...
Aug 7, 20243 min readA This and That UpdateI thought I would take a minute to give a brief update about my own reading and writing as the summer break is winding down, which is a...