Rowan – The Mountain Ash
Ireland isn’t known for its bountiful forests. Indeed, Ireland’s present forest cover is only about 11% of the country, comparatively less than its European counterparts, which average about 35%. https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2023/ireland-has-lost-almost-all-of-its-native-forests–heres-how-to-bring-them-back/#:~:text=Across%20Europe%2C%20nations%20average%20around,Ireland%20was%20covered%20in%20trees. But, as with all apocryphal Irish curses, what a Celt lacks in quantity, it makes up for in magical quality. Especially when it comes to […]
Sunday
There is no rest for the wicked. And that includes on Sunday. The first half of yesterday morning was spent conversing with with my Roman Catholic Legal Counsel, Pete Sheridan, who is always working on my Apostolic Appeals for a posthumous Catholic Heaven reprieve, but also substitutes as an old and good friend, and central […]
Heroes and Villains
We are all unique. All born with different gifts. But we all have something. A raison d’être. The life we are each born into pushes us all out of the gate at such a break neck pace, that it doesn’t allow any of us much introspection in each moment as we race through it. Doesn’t […]
Getting Hacked
So, I got a text from my SIL yesterday late afternoon with a screen shot of someone on FB masquerading as me, asking her to friend me/him on FB. This was weird because we were already friends. She ignored it. Then she sent me a screenshot of a DM from him reaching out to her. […]
Creative History
Sucks being a Luddite. Yesterday, I received the thumb drive version of one recorded Manhattan performance of the one-act play I wrote back in 1980. I finally was able to upload it onto my laptop, but it was too long – 42 minutes – to send it to people, including myself, so I could then […]
Nothing Else Matters
Words have power. Right from the big bang. John 1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Wonder if our Creator is a big fan of the band Metallica. Should be, since its members have not been sitting on their talents. Matthew 25:14–30 When I […]
Smokey Meets The Grand Kahuna – Age of Aquarius
Lisa has decided that it is now remaining cold enough at night on a regular basis that the Grand Kahuna – our fireplace – needed to be cleaned and readied for the winter season. So, while I spent more time than I liked in our kitchen deep cleaning our stove and oven (another one of […]
Bingeable Content
I love episodic bingeable content. Something that causes you to connect. Cliffhangers that draw me onward. Cannot wait for the next installment. I recently got turned onto the Netflix Series Dark Winds. Set on the Dine’ (pron. “di-nay”) Nation Reservation in the early 1970s, the depth of the character development, strong story line about family […]
Cat Therapy
There are few things as wonderful as a purring pussy. (How’s that for an opening. And that. Stop it Jimmy!) Now, like all interesting humans, and writers, I have a long, chronicled association with cats. And I have long enjoyed having a familiar around my home – Lucky (from the Bronx) was the longest serving […]
Early Morning Ponderings
Yesterday was a good day. With the help of an amazing YouTube video, I was able to complete the one emergent but mandatory repair project at Casa Claire – a badly leaking kitchen sink faucet. Viola! Although I chipped a nail in the process of cleaning the copper sink. But its worth the trouble, as […]