The Adventures of Roberta X

     The President of the U. S. has been fuming about "communists"* winning primaries in New York City and Colorado.  He appears t...

     The grocer had nice-looking boneless pork chops and I had most of a bottle of sweet chili sauce.  I took this as a sign, and picked up ...

     Or not new so much as one I've had before returning, and way more painful.  Nope, not gonna talk about it, but it's really affe...

      I did too much yesterday, cooking the steaks.  Woke up achy and went back to sleep -- three times!  Only the first was when the alarm ...

     It was a crazy idea.  But I already had hardwood kindling left over from the last time I used the grill, and the lump charcoal bag was ...

     I woke up yesterday with a sharp increase in my back soreness.  It wasn't a surprise.  Thursday night is Trash Night and no matter ...

     ...Frustrated.  Yes.  I'm frustrated.  The whole mess with my back, medical treatment, dealing with being off work, trying to get c...

     While the rule of law (national and international) and long-established government functions come crashing down, I'm hearing a lot ...

     Yes, well.  Um.  Nothing to report.  I feel like low-grade awful.

     I went to some effort to return to work, and got chided for it.  Because the doctor put restrictions on my activity, there are more For...

     If you've got one, I hope you made contact.  Yeah, yeah, someone's going to tell me about an awful, awful father, and I'll ...

     Chaired the online meeting, did a couple loads of laundry and even washed dishes.  That's plenty.  I kind of napped a few times, to...