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I keep hearing people complain about “doomscrolling”. It’s depressing and time consuming. But it’s not inevitable! I’m not sure if they get hooked on the gloom and doom in their news feeds, in the same way we sometimes can’t look away from a slow-moving train wreck, or if they just haven’t figured out how to…
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You may have heard the terms invisible illnesses and hidden disabilities. But if you don’t have one yourself, I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t think about it very often. I didn’t either until I was diagnosed with one that affected my mobility. This post is to raise awareness and offer resources. An invisible illness…
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Parole denied Last week Erik and Lyle faced separate parole board panels in record-breaking 10- and 11-hour long hearings, in their bid for freedom after 35+ years behind bars. Both were denied. While that ruling disappointed all who support them, it wasn’t surprising to anyone who knew that parole is rarely granted on the first…
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If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ll be used to me talking about death from time to time. Planning my virtual funeral – who’s with me? Talking about death won’t kill you, LOL! “We Remember” our loved ones Is Swedish Death Cleaning for you? ‘Death Cleaning’ isn’t as scary as it sounds! (4 short…
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Once upon a time I wrote a blog post called Could You Live in a Tiny House? At the time, Tiny Houses were a trend both in real life and in the media. My perspective was based on having lived in a 200 sq. ft. small-t, small-h tiny house many years ago, long before I…
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I just stocked up on something that might not interest you in the slightest. But it gave me peace of mind. And I’m curious what items you have stocked up on, and why. In this post “stocking up” on something means to buy a large quantity of it, to have on hand for future use…
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Theme 1: Prologue This is a story about growing up with my mom and music. It’s easier for me to write about distant ancestors than it is to write about people I actually knew. Sometimes I get overwhelmed, partly because I know so much about them. I think: “I can’t include everything, but how can…
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Now that Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for parole — Menendez Miracle #6 — it no longer seems pointless to think about what they might do when they get out of prison. Rehabilitation The brothers have said that they’d like to continue the work they started in prison. From Lyle’s resentencing statement: I have worked…
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In my last post — Think of ChatGPT as a friend — I mentioned having consulted with ChatGPT (aka Chatty G) about mosquitoes: Chances are that mosquitoes are more of an issue for me than they are for you. For one thing, my blood type is O negative, which has been shown to attract…
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As interested as I am in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and as pervasive as it is becoming in our daily lives, I seem to only manage one blog post per year about it. Suffice it to say that a lot can, and does, happen in a year! So, consider this your annual update. 9/1/25 UPDATE: Since…
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