by mike | Apr 26, 2021 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Death, Humor, Life, Mysteries, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Writing |
When 2020 began, I had no idea that I’d be writing a whole lot of posts over the course of thirteen months while hiding out at home to avoid the nasty coronavirus. (Age and underlying health issues gave Jacqueline and me no choice.) Things are finally looking up, and...
by mike | Apr 1, 2021 | Humor, Life, Movies, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
Traffic roundabouts notwithstanding, Sedona is a pretty cool place. This post first ran in 2017. Sedona is a funky town in central Arizona, one of our favorite places to visit. Sedona is also a 2011 indie film, a comedy-drama that, unfortunately, not a whole lot of...
by mike | Mar 29, 2021 | Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Year Two (for crying out loud!) of the freaking coronavirus pandemic. Sure, it seems to be trending in the right direction, and many more people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, including my bride and me. But it is far from over, and I choose to listen to the...
by mike | Mar 18, 2021 | Life, Movies, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
For me, this post is one of the most meaningful I’ve ever presented. It first ran in 2017. “Dammit, I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.” When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) uttered those words forty years ago in the classic...
by mike | Mar 1, 2021 | Baseball, Basketball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Year Two-plus of the coronavirus pandemic. Well, it might be “plus” for most everyone, but for me it started for real on a day in early March almost exactly one year ago. Hard to forget: I had watched a San Diego Padres spring training game the night before and was...
by mike | Feb 22, 2021 | Books, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror I’ve had plenty of time to collect a whole lot of “stuff.” Here is a look at some more “Curious Possessions” floating around my domicile.