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  • Foibles of the Tumultuous Type

    Foibles of the Tumultuous Type

    Whatever shall I call this post? The Fabulous Foibles of Tripping Raul? The Tragic Tumults of TR? I can just imagine the ship employees monitoring the, well, monitors from the cameras in the gym. They would wince, maybe even get up for a moment ready to call for a stretcher, and then sit down and Read more

  • Power of Prayer . . . and Enlightenment

    Power of Prayer . . . and Enlightenment

    Dear God, That was quite the lesson. I haven’t been on here for a while and for good reason. One of the babies, Baby D, well, it’s no exaggeration to say his recovery has been miraculous and that the day of his birth and the subsequent month brought more terror and heartache than I — Read more

  • Don’t look back

    Don’t look back

    There is a Lot to talk about these days. Another REM song now pops into mind, ♪♪♪ It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.♪♪♪ That’s not entirely accurate I suppose. I’m probably not fine. I’m just at a loss for understanding the depth of depravity in the United Read more

  • Right

    Right

    My last post on here celebrated an upcoming girl’s day out with Ellen. As expected, it was a great time and we vowed next time to wear fancy hats to tea and tarot! But there won’t be a next time because Ellen died. I’m devastated and confused and a little bit happy for her. We Read more

  • Tea and Tarot

    Tea and Tarot

    Ellen and I are going to tea and tarot on Friday. I’m so excited! The house will be on the market soon after and I’ll be gearing up to go to the AI conference in Cleveland and since Brian lives there we’ll find a way to catch up. Seems like an appropriate time to look Read more

  • Interesting

    Interesting

    The way I heard it was, “May you lead an interesting life.” It was a Chinese curse, I was told, but researching it now it really has no historical basis. It was allegedly translated into “May you live in interesting times,” which is an English curse. Interesting of course meaning difficult — or history-book worthy. Read more