Hi, Incredibly enough, I’m in Texas. Have been for a month. You’ve probably heard that Texas is big. Well, Texas IS big. It is also largely boring. You may not realize this (I didn’t) but the ambient daylight is very, very bright. “Glaring” is not an extravagant exaggeration. “Why Texas,” I can hear you thinking. […]
When I started writing this blog four years ago I first “mastered” the software used behind the screen and leased server space from a provider. I learned enough to layout and organize the pages and the internal links, and to move and organize files on the server–but nothing fancy. And I didn’t keep updating the […]
A few of you have asked about the cats, as in “What’s up with the cats?” Well, I’ll tell you… For much of my adult life I have lived with cats. This is not because I have a particular affinity for felines, although I like them well enough. Rather, it is because many of the […]
Here on the northeast coast of Hispaniola everything grows, and for most of the year it grows furiously. It’s growing furiously right now and it will grow furiously right up until my return flight to the US lifts off in mid-September or early October. It will certainly grow furiously during my absence and it is […]
Hi, These past three months have found me not entirely bereft of thoughts worthy of attention, but the idea of sitting down at a computer to give voice to these ideas has felt somehow pointless in the face of the enormity of living without Denise. Actually, much of my best thinking recently has centered on […]