Getting away for a minute.
The last few weeks have been tough. Tough on a lot of people because of the hurricanes and their damage. Tough on all of us to just go through it.…
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The last few weeks have been tough. Tough on a lot of people because of the hurricanes and their damage. Tough on all of us to just go through it.…
I’m sitting in my house waiting for a remediation team to start drying my floor and tarping my roof. After thirty years of “dodging the bullet,” Hurricane Milton got us.…
Tampa mayor Jane Castor was asked by the New York Times why she thought people keep moving here to live near the water as storms keep getting worse? She said,…
I’m watching a lot of the Olympics. More than usual. Maybe it’s a distraction from all the crappy news going on in the world. Watching these young athletes just thrills…
Following the Opening Ceremony (or is it Ceremonies?) for the Olympic Games on Friday, I spent the weekend watching the Games. (Games. I’m so old school.) Here’s the thing I’m…
Over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, we were in France. I blogged then, “Can they pull this off?” Of course, I was speaking about the Olympics. To quote the…
It’s Sunday morning. I’m sitting in my favorite chair. Drinking coffee and doing one of my rituals… reading the Sunday New York Times. My two frenchies, Josephine and Tootie are…
I don’t recall so much being made of an eclipse. Yes, it’s a total solar eclipse and in some places the moon will totally block out the sun for a…
That’s what Kansas City Chief’s quarterback Patrick Mahomes wrote on X after the shooting at the team’s victory parade. It’s happened again. Another celebration marred by gun violence. The New…
The question was pretty simple. “Elmo is just checking in. How’s everybody doing?” Our beloved Sesame Street character posed the question on X. The responses were probably not what Elmo…