by mike | Feb 1, 2024 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
So glad NOT to be in the cave anymore, although we remain cautious. This post first ran in 2020, during the heart of the pandemic. Day 11,587 of the Coronavirus Pandemic (give or take): feels like it anyway, right? We all want it to be over, but the reality is that...
by mike | Jan 15, 2024 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Life, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This hardcover copy of the Jules Verne classic, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has been in my life for as long as I can remember. A “Rainbow Classic,” this edition was published in 1946, the year of this “young fart’s” birth. It is generously illustrated and...
by mike | Jan 8, 2024 | Aging, Holocaust, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Being retired means never having to wear a tie. But I was a long way from retirement the last time I actually put on one of the damn things. How long? Let me share this story. QUITE AN HONOR March 6, 1996: a significant date in my life for a number of reasons. First,...
by mike | Jan 4, 2024 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
I didn’t have all that much to do during the pandemic, other than write blog posts—and an entire novel! This post first ran in—when else, 2020. Day 9,254 of the Coronavirus Pandemic (give or take)—did the Mayans get it wrong, or did we misread their calendar? Was it...
by mike | Dec 28, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
It’s not exactly “fun” revisiting posts that I wrote during the pandemic. But at least we don’t have to deal with it now. Day 7,658 of the Coronavirus Pandemic—okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, though for many of us I’m sure it feels like that, am I right?...
by mike | Dec 18, 2023 | Life, Music, Uncategorized |
Fear in the air, tension everywhere. Does that sound like commentary on the current condition of the country, if not the world? The line comes from the hit single, “Ball of Confusion,” released in 1970 by the Motown super group, The Temptations—one of my all-time...
