The Adventures of Roberta X

     After three days of the big pills and no better, I got hold of the medical practice that my doctor (and the drive-thru clinic too, thes...

     Vice President James David Vance is a weirdo who believes UFOs are demons.   He's right up there with Indiana Lieutenant Governor ...

      "I'll just stand this 24-pack of water on end, keep my arm straight and lift with my knees to get it over the threshold and i...

     I am in sufficient pain and of such restricted mobility that my temper has no fuse at all.  Every minor annoyance or household mishap t...

     Went to the doc, got checked out, got the meds.      Five hours later, I'm still miserable.  I can't pick stuff up from the fl...

     I rested well overnight, got up and took a walk, napped more, did a little laundry very carefully and almost convinced myself I was get...

     Between work yesterday (trying to rebuild a portable camera tripod that has had a hard life, typical of them; they're extremely dif...

      During the pandemic, Tam and I got into the habit of taking a walk around the block every morning.  Or, by and by, two blocks, or thre...

     Monday wasn't fun.  Tuesday wasn't great, either: my back.  I've been living on aspirin and sleeping on an ice pack, walkin...

      Actually, we have almost done it.  For, well, years, Tam and I -- mostly me -- have been accumulating fallen branches and twigs on th...

      The Roman lawyer, writer and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is greatly admired for his command of language.  Like Shakespeare centuries...

     Writing -- and chairing the critique group -- has me in the habit of taking a critical look "under the hood" of books and TV/...