Well, we haven’t got enough stress in our lives so, after some soul searching, we decided to foster again. So we’ve turned in our paperwork, done the required class… The woman who did the home inspection also met Granny and The Boy (our 24 year old son) and spent forever chatting with us, going over … Continue reading A New Addition
Requiem
Abby, born in 2007, was taken from her mother at six weeks, because her mother had mastitis. She was tiny and full of beans, and our existing cat, Piggy, kind of moaned and resigned himself to raising this… this… thing. Blondie and Abby as youngsters Piggster was a large tuxedo cat with extensive experience around … Continue reading Requiem
Frightening Robin Williams
I was asked who was the most famous person I’ve ever met. That’d be Elizabeth Warren or Robin Williams. With Robin Williams, he shopped in a software store I managed in the mid 1980s. One of my employees scared him so badly he covered the family jewels in fright. I was in the midst of … Continue reading Frightening Robin Williams
Swimming Across Generations
Hey! I shouted. I want a picture of the two of you! My daughter was floating in a rubber ring in the Merced River in Yosemite, where my family has vacationed for 48 years. Her boyfriend waded in to get in the frame. Blondie and her boyfriend, 2021. My wife was also in the water, … Continue reading Swimming Across Generations
Grow house…
Pea tomatoes are stupid. Don’t get me wrong, I love growing and eating tomatoes. But do yourself a favor and don’t grow the pea ones. I heard about them this year and who can resist a cutie pie teeny weeny tomato? Pea tomatoes fresh from the garden. I can, after spending time picking the damn … Continue reading Grow house…
GMAC Paid Me to Take a Car…
So no one in the family was surprised I took off during our two week vacation in Yosemite to buy a car in LA that I just found a couple of days before. Chevy became aware the Bolt EV’s battery has a regrettable tendency to... well... explode while parked in garages. Years 2017 - 2018 … Continue reading GMAC Paid Me to Take a Car…
Driving with Electronic “Assistance”
We landed at Eppley Field in Omaha and Beloved found a restaurant on Yelp. 4.3 miles away, perfect! We pull out of the rental car lot and the signs show ALL five possible freeways are to the right. "Waze says turn left" she tells me. "Left? LEFT? All the freeways are to the right… And … Continue reading Driving with Electronic “Assistance”
It’s All Fun & Games…
I’m in pain. Pain, I tell you. The cutthroat Cribbage competition is underway. Each family holiday in Yosemite we have such a contest, primarily at the behest of my dad, who taught us to play and loved the game. This is our first return trip since he passed in 2015. Typically, we go to a … Continue reading It’s All Fun & Games…
Critters and the Car…
I went out to plug in the electric car this morning, in the bright Yosemite sunshine, and something moved as I opened the cover. Then it blinked. “YAAAAAAAAAH” I shouted, especially since Blondie (daughter) and her boyfriend, Beloved, and my sister met up with a rattler on their hike yesterday. Of course, a snake wouldn’t FIT in … Continue reading Critters and the Car…
Testing the CBD
I hope the neighbors move out soon. They don’t appreciate my humor. One of my wackadoodle, completely useless talents is the ability to rhyme. And sing. My family is astonishingly tolerant of my bursting into song about whatever occurs to me, usually sung to a show tune or a hymn. Frequently ribald, sometimes just rude, other … Continue reading Testing the CBD
Examining Misadventures 