My Blog

Blogging is like going to the writer’s gym.  I get to tell silly stories about whatever comes into my head at 2 am, with the hope that by repeatedly stringing a bunch of sentences together in a half coherent way, it will provide me with the mental muscle memory needed to knock off another novel.  So far, so good.  Stay tuned and keep on coming back for a laugh or two.  You might actually get to know me (now there’s a scary thought).  I’m an open book. 

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Creative Scrambling

Yesterday, I was at peace with whatever outcome occured in the Face of Halloween Contest. Very Zen. I had gone to bed Thursday night in

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Waiting Game

Stayed off line yesterday. Figured the contest was out of my hands and I’d find out what’s what this morning. Then woke up to this

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Welcome October

I love the fall. Turning of the wheel – far less confining. Hurtling towards Halloween. My favorite holiday. Makes me focus on the Old Ways.

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Tao Of Ted Lasso

A couple of years back, my daughter, Jackie, turned my wife, Lisa, onto the Apple TV Series, Ted Lasso, during one of Lisa’s multi-week visits

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Pulling Out All Of The Stops

Now you know I’ve been knee deep in the Face of Halloween Competition for the past month. https://faceofhalloween.org/2025/tom-mccaffrey And what started out as a lark

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A Day Of Moving

Yesterday morning this tired old body woke up to a newly painted living room that looked like the above. And a basement that looked like

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