A cat that makes it a good news day every time — The Pandemic News Cat When people in all sorts of jobs starting working from home last year, I soon discovered a genuine perk. We got to see what people’s offices or homes looked like. I do enjoy ogling the inside of people’s homes. Since bookshelves are common backdrops, we now got to see what…

Then I got distracted by a bird — I hate snakes. I mean, they’ve never done anything to me personally. I’ve never been attacked by one. No snake has ever bitten me. I just hate them on principle. I know I’m not alone. And I hate mice even more. But snakes eat mice so you’d think I’d like…

Bowlaway, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, I’ll Be Seeing You… More than I thought! — I have a lot of things I don’t really like to do but there are thankfully a few that I really like doing. Reading is one of the things I like to do. I’m not the fastest reader, by a long shot. In fact I’ve often felt like a loser…

It’s simple — be productive and stay busy — If you’re like me, you have to fight procrastination. I mean, sure, it’s fun to procrastinate. Just look at a few ways I personally procrastinate: There’s killing time playing Candy Crush instead of working. But this form of procrastination sometimes makes my carpal tunnel flare up and my finger just…

But I promise you, it’s not what or where you might think — As I walked around this morning after my morning constitutional, I felt something on the bottom of my shoes. After removing my clodhoppers — read: tennis shoes — I turned them over and saw the culprits. Because I live in the Arizona desert, when I walk off trail — read…

Well, I’ve seen them or been in the same room as them — I can’t tell you the number of famous people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. That’s mostly because I haven’t really met any. So shoot me. But What About Those Authors You’ve “Met”? Oh yeah. I’m a big reader and love to go hear authors speak about their writing process and to hear their voices and look…

And I Might Sell it on Etsy — One Man’s Junk I recently went to one of the few thrift stores that’s open in my area. They feature a bunch of crap outside before you head into the store (with a required mask and social distancing, or I wouldn’t shop there). This outside area has a few tables set up, and…

Or so they think, but these people are still stupid…trust me Just a quick note that the image shown above is not stupid. This image shows why physical distancing is so important. When someone coughs and you’re right there, yeah, like it or not, they cough on you. So the…

But do the ingrates even notice? I just took this photo of my toaster crumb tray because each time I carefully slid the tray out of my son’s toaster I didn’t waste time taking a pic. …