On Transmigration

First, thank you to Calvin for spending some time with me on New Year’s Day. It was a very pleasant time and a joy to meet him in perso...

Finished the ebook “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” and highly recommend it for history buffs and Anglophiles for a quick and eas...

...A little better, all the time. I wake up every morning with a song in my head, I woke up singing this song this morning, so let’...

I am disappointed. I’m not feeling much of a boost to my energy level, even after the platelets and blood earlier this week. Still shor...

Taking one look at me the doctor was amazed that I’d broken nothing in the fall. Still swollen and badly bruised in places I can’t imagin...

For the first time in recent memory I actually slept in until 11 am today.  Unheard-of for me. Had made a couple of lists of possible thi...

I always like to plan my day, especially if it is packed with events, meetings, appointments, etc.  Learned my lesson years ago about sc...

Um, What? I just received an email from Apple suggesting that I pre-order the new iPhone 6 or 6+ at the regular price, of course.  So, ...

I’ve been reading waaay too much lately.  If my appetite for food was half of what it has been for books, I'd be bed-bound today. N...

Yes, yes.  To answer seemingly burning questions in comments: The present header is an homage to the Anne McCaffrey  Dragonriders of Pern b...

Homes facing the ocean seen from the boardwalk. It’s been a first rate kind of day.  Not having to be anywhere near anything even remot...

It’s like an early spring day here.  Morning temp is 63’F and I am loving it. Took a walk on the boardwalk surrounded by folks in shorts, w...

I’ve read - or re-read - every one of the dragons of Pern books written by Anne McCaffrey. Also one or two co-written by Anne and son Todd....

Yesterday in mid-afternoon there was a tremendous rush of sound and thundering noise of group of low-flying military aircraft (probably...

Oh My!  The new Tarot deck arrived today. And it is magnificent! A nicely packaged kit and a deck I am anxious to learn - without benefit o...

It's just about lunch time and I am already bone tired. Since my wake-up  times seem to be getting earlier and earlier, and I have gre...