by mike | Nov 16, 2020 | Aging, Books, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
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 to be getting worse. My bride and I are still hanging in there, doing what we need to do as high-risk seniors to...
by mike | Sep 21, 2020 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
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 the blasted thing will likely be around for a long time to come. We’ll just have to deal with it as best we can. Meanwhile, 200,000...
by mike | Aug 24, 2020 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
Day 9,254 of the Coronavirus Pandemic (give or take)—did the Mayans get it wrong, or did we misread their calendar? Was it 2020, not 2012, that would mark the end of the world as we know it? I mean, civil unrest, a world-wide plague, wildfires decimating my beloved...
by mike | Aug 10, 2020 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
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? Jacqueline and I are still doing well, though we continue to limit our outside time to the supermarkets, the nearby pocket park...
by mike | Jul 13, 2020 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
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 for the long haul. Jacqueline and I are still doing fine, and as I’ve said before, we are...
by mike | Jun 1, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, 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. TILTING AT WINDMILLS I have a huge collection of Don Quixote “stuff.” The largest...
