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This is an excerpt from my second novel, Come on, Fluffy, This Ain’t No Ballet (published in 2011), available as a paperback or Kindle at Amazon or as a paperback at Barnes & Noble.                               Chapter 10   Politics, Algebra, … Continue reading →

Winter Comes: Reflections on Winter Years of Life My sister, Connie Lynn Bolinger, died May 22, 2011, and I have been going through many things she wrote about caring for our mother during the years 1986 until Mother’s death in … Continue reading →

I often wonder how truly accurate or savvy any of us can be about issues flying around our political arena in the United States. There is no other period in my lifetime when such polarized bastions of social values were … Continue reading →

One day during the 1980’s I was in my dad’s study, and he was showing me his new Commodore computer. He said to me then that the wave of the future was going to be electronic devices for communication that … Continue reading →

I’m generally a fairly optimistic person, basking in the glow of what I believe is the goodness of most other people and the customary beauty of the world around me. Because I tend to focus on the brighter side of … Continue reading →

Most people have seen work by the Spanish, Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, whose dreamlike depictions are hauntingly realistic in terms of the physical world but seem to contradict that same reality through visual oxymorons. Perhaps his most famous painting is the one … Continue reading →

My second winter at my Pompano Beach condo in Florida has been even more enjoyable than the first, though soon my dog and I will return to Colorado for the summer. I continue to enjoy watching (with binoculars) the golfers … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I can feel myself aging, not just by looking in the mirror to see more silver hair, but also because I feel a lag in my attempts to keep up, even remotely, with technology and … Continue reading →

Since last December the IRS has been tormenting me about my federal income taxes for 2011 over my claiming the mortgage interest deduction for the house in Colorado. I spent a morning at H&R Block here in Florida, and more than five hours … Continue reading →

The other night I watched an old episode of The Andy Griffith Show, which was first aired January 14, 1963. Fans of the series voted that particular episode their favorite, and for good reason. It’s a story about redemption and … Continue reading →