Cloud breaks – Seizing the opportunities
I have never paid much attention to the weather. After all, what’s the point? There is absolutely nothing I can do about it. Plus, the weather forecast is always more of a best guess than […]
News for those who live, work and play in North Santiam Canyon
I have never paid much attention to the weather. After all, what’s the point? There is absolutely nothing I can do about it. Plus, the weather forecast is always more of a best guess than […]
I have an idea for a TV show. It would be called Who Thought That Was a Good Idea? In it, I would sit at a kitchen table with a pot of coffee and two […]
I’m not often caught off guard. I usually keep my antenna up. In Oregon, I’ve found that to be a necessity. The other day, however, I was surprised. In point of fact, I had my […]
As we come down the home stretch of 2023, it’s time to take an inventory. Some of the major events of the year: Went snorkeling with the family in Hawaii. Check. Didn’t drown. Check. Took […]
The other day I was eavesdropping on a conversation about capitalism. The gist of it was that capitalism is bad and some people have too much money, while others don’t have enough. Furthermore, according to […]
I was heading to the store for another batch of stool softener — if you’re over 70 you’ll understand — when I heard the news: Jimmy Buffett had died. I’m not prone to emotions, but […]
It’s going to be a long election season. Already, the folks on unsocial media are stretching, bending and breaking the truth about various candidates. How is a responsible voter to navigate all of the untruths? […]
I recently turned 70 and got the best birthday present ever – a new lease on life. What I had self-diagnosed as industrial-strength heartburn turned out to be something else entirely. Only the persistence of […]
I am sitting here staring at the pinwheel of death. It’s not my death, but the end of my trusty computer’s useful life. Like me, everything it does these days is slow. Switching applications is a […]
It’s the end of the world, again. I’m not talking about the banking system, which sets itself on fire every few years. Nor am I talking about inflation, which features Congress spraying down the economy […]