Here goes an experiment. I was given some cheap seeds from a local dollar store. Can I grow them? Here I will record the first steps. Later I will add…

I have just 10 minutes to write this – let’s see what I can flash-write here. We are going to a special “healing Mass” at OLA in Carmichael. Laura wanted…

I’m trying different a writing time here – in the morning, at the dining room table staring out the window at the wakening day. It’s not early – about 7:30am.…

Our families communicate mostly by text now. And Facebook. Email has gone out of style, not to mention the paper letter. It’s too bad. I believe that Facebook and texting…

These are for a class I’m taking. Bringing these into WordPress from Libreoffice was a cut’n’paste operation except for the images. These didn’t transfer and had to be added manually.…

It’s Monday, traditional chore day in most places. Back when I was growing up in New Orleans, Monday was Wash Day and also the day when you ate red beans…

To New Orleans this weekend to attend the memorial mass for my Aunt Marie. She lived a good, long life, and we saw quite a bit of their family while…

“Every man looks upon his wood pile with a sort of affection.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/199908-every-man-looks-upon-his-wood-pile-with-a-sort 22jan20. Well. Dang. I had a nice few paragraphs here a minute ago, on why I enjoy…