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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

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

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.

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

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

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