Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff

Reading by Candlelight

  Yesterday saw a big storm push through…well, lots of places. I have to be honest, I didn’t really pay a whole lot of attention to this one, beyond what its forecast effects in Western New York were going to … Continue reading

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OK, let’s talk 2024!

NOTE: I’ve had this post in drafts since last Tuesday, when 2024 was still going OK. Then, things started going awry very quickly, hence the lack of posting much since then. I’m not going to write just yet about what’s going … Continue reading

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2023: Well, that was shit, wasn’t it?

This is the LAST POST on this site! For 2023, that is. In terms of content creation, I have motored right along on this site, after migrating from BlogSpot almost a year-and-a-half ago. What follows is a selection of posts … Continue reading

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On Festivals and the Dating Thereof

NOTE: I’ve had this in drafts for-EVER (I started this post in August 2022!), and I think it’s now time to go ahead and finish it, because it’s that time of year again. Not the time of year indicated in … Continue reading

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It Begins: Emotional Winter is here!

The first snows of the 2023-2024 winter season have fallen. Yes, I know it’s not winter yet, technically…in the astronomical sense of the Winter Solstice having come and gone. Nor is yet Meteorological Winter yet; that begins on December 1. … Continue reading

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OUT: Hobbes, greyhound, ankle

Poor guy. Because Hobbes is hurt, he wasn’t allowed on the Buffalo Bills’ team plane to London, even though he is the Official Greyhound of the Buffalo Bills. (Yes he is! Look at his cast! He has to be! I’m sure … Continue reading

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A metamorphosis, in progress

When we moved to WNY way back in 1981, my grandmother visited and noticed that our new backyard had a lot of milkweed in it. She told me that milkweed is a preferred plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillars, and we … Continue reading

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Pictures from a Weekend

Presented without comment. More on my Flickr page!  

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One of my cats is FOUL.

FOUL: Feline Of Unusual Length, obviously.  

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“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life!” –Letterkenny

The other day I was having a conversation with a manager at work: SHE: I have a passion for [activity that can actually be really lucrative], and I’m really good at it! ME: Really? SHE: Yes! [She shows me photos … Continue reading

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