The Adventures of Roberta X

     Or, what the hell, leave him there.  It's a window into Mr. Trump's mind.      In the run-up to the November election -- a ...

     It looks better in Latin, though Tam points out it needs the imperative:* "Run.  Hide.  Fight."  This useful advice is gettin...

     Seven Eight bags of leaves on the porch.  Tam was a huge help in clearing the greater part of the back yard. Gutters cleaned and I hav...

     Three bags of leaves yesterday and still a small pile of leaves in the street, plus three big piles of them in the back yard.  And the ...

    Thing is, I don't. Yeah, yeah, the dude handed the former USSR their very own version of Airstrip One and together, they and JFK cru...

     Or, as I often know it, the Day I Work While My Family Does Thanksgiving -- but bear in mind that every other member of the family has ...

     Tam's plate, Tam's photo:      Turducken, skin-on mashed potatoes (with a few other root vegetables added) with bacon-mushr...

     So why are you on the Web?      Oh, that.  Alone.   Been there, done that.  Hey I'm thankful you stopped by; at least there's...

     A recent quote I encountered on the web points out, "...There is no 'cause:' poverty is the default state.  We should be f...

     Good Girls Revolt is an Amazon Original fiction series loosely based on a factual book by Lynn Povitch (who was there for it all) abo...

     Decades before Terry Pratchett, I seem to have encountered The Luggage in Harry A. Franck 's Vagabonding Down The Andes :*      I...

     C'mon, there's just about nothing in them -- oh, I added a little pepper, dehydrated onion, chives and a dash of salt, but real...