I think the poem below pretty well sums up why I write — blogging or otherwise. From The Writer’s Alamanc today: VII I would not have been a poet except that I have been in love alive in this mortal world, or an essayist except that I have been bewildered and afraid, or a storyteller [...]
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks but I’m looking forward to posting several pieces this week as a lot of weighty notes and ideas have been piling up in my Drafts queue. For the moment, however, I’ll feed you this fluffy bit of blogging folderol that I saw on The Wide Awake Cafe the [...]
I’ve finally decided to do something that several people have been after me to do since I started this blog nearly four years ago. No, not “Quit.” The time has come, however, for me to do something different, and it will affect this blog, at least for a while. As the Mall Diva would say, [...]
Photo: My World of Postcards The family, including Ben, is heading up to Grand Marais for our “summer” vacation. This is the scene of last year’s vacation, and the setting for Mall Diva’s mortification at the Crooked Spoon. We may have to do to our dining at Sven & Ole’s this year, or maybe the [...]
by the Night Writer You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs…and I’m going to feel like an omelet if I don’t take a short break. I’ll be back after the holiday weekend, but the Mall Diva and Tiger Lilly are going to the fair again on Friday and they may do an update [...]
by the Night Writer Sheesh, what a week. It’s budget time at work, which means I have to forecast how much money my department will need next year, how much I’d actually be willing to live with, and how much of a bite the levels above me are going to take just to show they’re [...]
by the Night Writer After a brief vacation (every man needs one from time to time), the Manival returned this week with edition #15, hosted by Discovering Dad. I didn’t notice it was up right away, but once I did I read through the week’s selections. Here are some of my faves: A couple of [...]
I’m still tired after spending the weekend trying to recover from the annual Millard Fillmore Memorial golf tournament (aka “The MILF”) last Friday where I was in the woods so much I think the tourney should be renamed “Lumberjack Days.” I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m now battling Lyme Disease. Then there was my stepping [...]
Jroosh is shutting down Roosh5 as of today. That’s too bad as this has been one of the best written and best thought-out blogs in the MOB since it started a year and a half ago. From politics to economics (actually these are becoming one and the same these days), to family trips, movie reviews [...]
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by the Night Writer A few years ago I stopped at a local gas station and convenience store to tank up. It was a Saturday and back in the day when you had to go into the store to pay, and it so happened that I was in a hurry. I stood in line while [...]