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 | Nov 30, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
It wasn’t exactly a fun time back in 2020, when this post first ran. But it WAS memorable. It’s July already, and this freaking coronavirus shows no sign of letting up. Truth be told, it’s only getting worse, and with no vaccine in sight it appears that we’re in this...
by mike | Oct 26, 2023 | Aging, Death, Humor, Life, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
Since I first wrote this post during the pandemic quarantine in 2020, our poor Frodo has sailed off to the Undying Lands. 😊 Report from the Sirota Quarantine Cave: Jacqueline and I are doing fine. We’ve both been “sheltering in place” since she got back from a trip to...
by mike | Oct 12, 2023 | Death, Disaster Movies, Medical Thrillers, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Covid variants are still around, but it seems that many have gotten complacent about it. I first presented this post in April of 2020, shortly after most of the world was shut down. Given the current state of affairs, you’d think people would be avoiding pandemic...
by mike | Sep 11, 2023 | Aging, Death, Humor, Life, Music, Travel, Uncategorized |
“Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes, nothing remains quite the same.” Jimmy Buffett’s words. Good words…and true. Add to it, just about everything comes to an end. We lost this great entertainer a little over a week ago. I am crushed. AFFABLE SONGS Jimmy...