On Transmigration

I am not sure whether I ought to be spooked, or freaked (2 very different experiences), grateful and curious, or give myself a slap upsid...

Unintentionally, of course.  You see, I didn’t mean to, but I spoke   wrote before I knew I had this particular, weighty (ahem!) probl...

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

Every year at this time (usually earlier, hospital got in the way) I read The Lord of the Rings, again. I have done so since 1971 when th...

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’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...

Just when I thought it was safe to take a short walk around town, there was an attempted robbery - yes, here in town - and the summer re...

After yesterday’s two units, four injections, three tiny tablets, and a single gel cap, it’s a wonder I had any kind of appetite left last ...

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....

Or, something like that… While mostly good weather stayed with us for the holiday weekend, things have gone down hill ever since. S...

Turns out those Friday afternoon storms that caused the blackout/power outage lasted for about 3 hours tying up traffic, causing bad driv...

Now, where is that Horcrux??!?? More later. *

As I searched for more information of the other Pern books by Anne McCaffrey, this video popped up and seemed appropriate for the present...

It was foggy with a light drizzle. The drive to the Cancer Center was a challenge, but I made it; grateful the tea with ginger stayed d...

"Fly, You Fools! More later. *

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...

I've just re-read Siddhartha, 40 years on.  So, it all comes together here. More later. *

My Kindle Fire died Saturday evening for no apparent reason.  Maybe just old age, or perhaps planned obsolescence.  No matter, it's...