It's Friday and I am in a Friday mindset. That means that I don't want to sepnd a great deal of time on this blog today. In fact, th...

I found this story about the obituary of Charlotte Winters rather amazing... Last Surviving Female World War I Veteran Dies (Charlotte Winte...

A lovely Spring morning is dawning here. I have my windows open, and from where I sit, I can hear the voices of little children conversing w...

It's Spring and time for new things. Thusly, I changed the image that had been in my banner at the top o' this page and in the thumb...

Though I have a busy schedule this morning, I just had to pop in here to mention a wonderful film that I saw last night at the Ritz at the B...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM_MkWgbt3k The above was sent to me by my dear friend JT. I love it on many levels. Whats so ironically funn...

photo by Derick Rethans Let there be great rejoicing that Spring has arrived! A little after 8:00 PM EST tonight, Spring will officially arr...

I have reached an age where winter truly makes me want to wretch. After two days of lovely Spring weather, we now are having a sleet storm. ...

Girl finds missing dog's head in box on doorstep

It's self-portrait Tuesday - though I'm not much in the mood for it. The mother of one of my dearest friends died last night after b...

So begins another week after a somewhat frustrating yet overall enjoyable weekend. The weekend started off well enough with my driving in fr...

I am so freakin' sick of right wing idiots with their bumper sticker mentality and their misplaced holier than thou bullshit. Liars. Hyp...

Whew - what a busy last few days I have had since my last visit here! But before I get to that I have to address a news event over the weeke...

R.I.P. Ernie the Elf. Alas... Voice of Keebler elf dead at 81

Usually on Tuesdays, I do the "Self-Portrait Tuesday" thing. I will get to that in a bit, but I want to reminisce over the lovely ...

It's early in the AM : pre -sunrise. I have a busy, yet fun filled day ahead. Now while I am one of those folk who have always been some...

The above image was taken this morning as I watched the sun rise over my coffee. Maxi the cat was interested in the morning sun as well. She...

Man - I had an entire huge posting here all about my weekend and such and my goddamned browser crashed! Screw it - I don't have time now...

Miss me? Guess where I've been? Ah - yes, the lovely New Orleans. My first time. What a great time it was. Every great thing that you ma...