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As expected, the creeping tyranny mandating that all shall be vaxxed is not emanating from Uncle so much as from the private sector. Kathy and I were looking forward to traveling to Cleveland to see James McMurtry* – tonight was to have been the night – but that got postponed to sometime in April. TheContinue reading “life”

Finally catching my breath from a July that featured Kathy’s big birthday pre-retirement party and my 50th plus one high school reunion, I was ready to slide into that last month of summer, ready to cruise on into the new school year (hey, my wife’s a teacher, so I still feel it!).  Yeah, there wasContinue reading “August, whew!”

Yesterday, in an e-mail to my protegée and co-author Sara describing my frantic efforts to complete our project, I told her of a lunch break I took with my wife after what seemed a very productive morning: “Sensing victory, I took a break and went to Weber’s with Kathy to hear Coach Harbaugh at theContinue reading “lunch with Jimmy”

South County News Three authors hold their self-published books, from left to right: Elizabeth Hamilton, Dr. Robert Ike, and Elizabeth Spencer. By Kathy Oswalt-Forsythe Self-publishing options have opened affordable doors for many authors to gain audience for their writings. With original copy and some basic technical know-how, it is possible to make and create digitalContinue reading “Three authors with local ties self-publish”

Sorry to subject you with poetry, but this just came to me as I arose from my nap this afternoon.  I love mornings, and always arise at 4 or 5 to embrace them.  So much different than when a 6 AM alarm was my call when I was working.  I just don’t sleep much inContinue reading “mornings”

And it came to pass last Friday, that there went out a decree from President Schlissel that all of U of M faculty shall be vaxed.  By start of classes August 30th.  Regardless of what, where, or how they taught.  Or even if they taught.  My dear wife, who must get one more term underContinue reading “vax fax”

I hadn’t thought about Kinky Friedman – the Kinkster – for a long time.  We’d had a CD stuck into the player in our Wrangler for years.  Today, it seemed to spring to life.  I guess all those jostlings on the back roads knocked it back into place.  And who were we trying to listenContinue reading “the Kinkster”

Old home week* got even more fun, if that could be possible, when I read Kathy Forsythe’s e-mail Saturday morning asking “Do you have a blog?”.  Kathy, editor of the South County News, is writing a story for the August issue about Vicksburg and Vicksburg-connected folks who had self-published their books.  Kathy, VHS class ofContinue reading “SCN again”

My new dear friend, Judy, a Vicksburg classmate, was a medical transcriptionist.  She understood the lingo but took her understanding of COVID from the MSM.  I’ve been working on setting her straight.  When she came back from a recent exchange stating that was her understanding was that Plaquenil (which she had to look up asContinue reading “hey, Jude”

I today brought home from Staples some paper copies of the second edition of my first little book The Accident so I could have some for the Kindle-less.  They look great but lack one functionality of a Kindle, the ability to access any link.  There are only four links in the book, two to songsContinue reading “more links”