12 December 2021
:::blows the dust off the blog:::This was supposed to be the Year of Celebrating. Spouse Thingy and I both turned 60, and we're a week away from out 40th anniversary. For years we talked about doing...
View Article30 December 2021
EOY Oddz N Ends...B'bye 2021This year was not as bad as 2020 was, at least not for us. But I am still smarting from 2020, which kinda left a simmering wound on 2021, and I am just starting to not hurt...
View Article25 May 2022
I would not have a child today. If I were young enough, no matter how much I wanted to, I would not have one. I know the pain of infertility; I know the
View Article26 June 2022
20 Years Ago...Two decades. It alternately feels much longer and just a while ago. But 20 years ago, right about this time of day, I was in a wicked amount of pain, despite the morphine I was given...
View Article30 July 2022
So what have you been up to in the bajillion days since you last posted, Thumper? Threes of people really want to know.Largely, this: I finished the vomit draft of the next Wick book. It's super raw,...
View Article30 October 2022
For the first time in a very, very long time, I'm sitting in Starbucks with the intent to get some work done. I have my Passion Tango Iced Tea (or perhaps it's just passion tea now? They messed around...
View Article31 October 2022
Instead of Starbucks, I'm sitting at home, waiting for Jesus, who is delivering a Christmas tree purchased from Costco. Jesus called me at 7 a.m., which is fine despite the fact that I am not a...
View Article10 November 2022
The wind sucked out of my blogging sails; I fully intended to blog as many days this month as possible, but then a Big Bad Awful happened, and my heart was not in it.On Sunday, my son's dog...
View Article11 November 2022
Thumper's moment of OMGWTF:For background, it helps to know that Max was trained to weigh himself. If he went into the bathroom with me, which was pretty much every day, before I'd open the door to...
View Article13 November 2022
He's been gone 2 years, today. Which means Buddah has been gone 2 years, 5 weeks. Yes, I'm still keeping track. I will for a few more years, I think. I miss them horribly, still, and I don't think you...
View Article14 November 2022
I post a lot of memes on Facebook. I have 126 albums loaded with somewhere between 200-215 images each, just things I've run across online over the years. These memes might amuse me, confuse me, upset...
View Article28 April 2023
Holy fark, I did not realize how much dust has accumulated on this blog. It was not intentional; if you'd asked me, I would have said that it had been a month or two, max. I mean, I'm egotistically...
View Article29 May 2023
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of my mom's death. I spent the day feeling about 90% of all the feelings; I didn't say anything on Facebook, or anywhere else, because I didn't want any sorrow-laden...
View Article20 June 2023
That today would have been Max's 22nd birthday was not on my mind when I woke up this morning. Mostly what I thought when I rolled over and opened my eyes was "Oh, gawd, it's not even 7 am," and then...
View Article23 June 2023
It would have been nice if the kitties had been able to come home with us the day we adopted them, but I understand why not (they needed to be neutered, and you just can't trust people to bring them...
View Article11 July 2023
Odds n Endz #624,899.9536I've been working on a manuscript, and because it's been so long since the start of the series, I needed to go back and read them again.Kinda wish I hadn't, because it's left...
View Article13 August 2023
I plopped down in my recliner last night to pound out a post about the cats, because they amuse the snot out of me and are cute as hell. But, I checked my email before I did, and after that, I just did...
View Article28 August 2023
Back in January, I wrenched my back. Badly. Pile on top of that my day to day back pain, and I could barely move. Like, just getting out of a chair was agonizing and I often needed help because halfway...
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