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Mesa back!
Well, that wasn’t long. Certainly not long enough for anybody to actually miss this blog. Maybe I should go into hiding again! Anyhow, yes, the DSL has been installed and life is now happy and blissful at Minas Jaquandor. The … Continue reading →
Grrrrrrrrrr….
Well, folks, this blog will be laying fallow for an indeterminate period of time, due to technical issues. Basically, when we got our new computer for Christmas, it didn’t come with a modem (long story there), so I bought from … Continue reading →
An update
I’ve finally made a lllooonnnggg overdue update of my Writings Elsewhere page, wherein you’ll find links to stuff of mine appearing on the Web other than on this blog. (As of this writing, that’s on Green Man Review exclusively, but … Continue reading →
Huzzah!!!
Since I’ve been away from blogging for a few days, I’ve therefore failed thus far to acknowledge good news for the guy whose blog inspired me to launch this blog in parlaying his long experience of blogging into paid work: … Continue reading →
I think we left the stove on, dear.
Sorry for three days away from Ye Olde Blogge. It’s been a busy week in “real life”, what with Lenten potluck dinners and services at church and Friday fish fries and trips to the library on Thursday night and a … Continue reading →
Preznit Day!
A good time was had by all yesterday, for the holiday known as Presidents’ Day. After we lit memorial candles for Zachary Taylor, Chester Alan Arthur, and Warren Harding, and after we sacrificed six live weasels in hopes of securing … Continue reading →
Five more and I get a set of steak knives.
Sorry for the silence the last couple of days, but real life has been busier than usual at home. (Not in any kind of bad way, but just busy.) Anyhow, time for a momentous revelation: Five years ago today, Byzantium’s … Continue reading →
Widgets! Got your widgets here!
I just added a thingie called a “ZoomCloud” to the sidebar. I don’t know if it is of any use at all, but there it is.
Ask Me Anything! (version 2.0)
One week from today marks this blog’s fifth anniversary of existence, which seems to me a good time to do another round of Ask Me Anything!. This is simply where readers get to toss questions at me, which I promise … Continue reading →
Gratitude
I’d like to thank everyone who has either commented here, or on their own blogs, or both, for the well-wishes after my story was published in the Buffalo News yesterday. All that meant as much to me, if not more, … Continue reading →