by mike | May 5, 2024 | Aging, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Jacqueline was my world, my everything. The bravest person I’d ever known, she battled and beat the demon cancer many times during our 3+ decades together. Two of those times she was “toe-tagged”—advised to get her affairs in order. Neither came to pass. But last...
by mike | Apr 22, 2024 | Books, California, Ghosts, Life, Nightmares, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Circumstances preclude my presenting a new post for today. But here is one of my favorites from long ago. As a writer I don’t often use the old cliché, “Love at first sight.” But that’s what happened the first time I saw Barney. This runty German shepherd, about two...
by mike | Apr 4, 2024 | California, Death, Humor, Life, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Another look back at a rather horrific event in the history of our planet. This post first ran in 2020. Day 21,453 (give or take) of the coronavirus pandemic: barely a few weeks ago I mentioned to Jacqueline that the Covid-19 death count stood at 997 here in San Diego...
by mike | Mar 11, 2024 | Basketball, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
My bride, Jacqueline, is a Hawkeye through and through. After we met in the early ’90s we would fly back to Cedar Rapids once or twice a year to visit her parents, Carol and Jack Benzinger, before they passed away in 2011 and 2012 respectively. On a visit in the early...
by mike | Mar 4, 2024 | Aging, California, Life, Quotes, Uncategorized |
Yeah, but later this week (March 6, to be exact) it becomes more than a number to me. It marks how many years I’ve been on this plane of existence since the day I was deposited here by the Mother Ship. Holy crap, 78?!? I thought only old people achieved that number....
by mike | Feb 29, 2024 | Aging, Books, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
It’s still kind of disturbing to revisit this awful time in history. I first presented this post in…when else, 2020. Day 18,764 of the coronavirus pandemic: enough already! I mean, freaking enough! Are we back in the Dark Ages with the Black Plague? And it only seems...
