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The good news: The rise of the Interwebs means that anyone can publish anything at any time, with virtually no bar at all. The bad news: Ditto. As a writer, I’ve benefitted directly from this easy access. As a reader, I find in cyberworld frequent cause for literary despair. I really miss editors. Almost every day, I find glaring examples of absent editors. One writer …[MORE] FALLOW—usually cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season; the tilling of land without sowing it for a season Recently I addressed the question of what I’m doing in retirement and gave my best answer. While it remains my best answer, though, it’s not the only answer. I’ve embraced a number of responses to that question, …[MORE] I’m confused. I read the news and I see good signs. Unemployment is down, the stock market is up, the national mood is optimistic. Then I read further and I see the bad signs. Americans can’t afford basic needs like housing and food. Americans have no savings. Americans are shackled by health care and education debt and have no …[MORE] This blogging stuff is something of a conundrum. When I’m not doing it, I really feel like I’m neglecting something important. I feel like I have something to say, and I’m somehow falling short by not getting out there and saying it. I recall the activity with nostalgic longing, and decide over and over again that I need to get back to it. When …[MORE] When I began posting again last year, I only mentioned it to a person or two. The new posts didn’t show on Facebook anymore, and I didn’t do anything to promote the blog’s return. As far as I knew, no one was reading it; so when I stopped, I figured no one would notice. In fact, …[MORE] There’s a big brouhaha in the news about United Airlines and their moment of infamy when a video surfaced showing them dragging a paying, protesting passenger from one of their planes. There is one story of overbooking and repeated appeals for passengers to leave voluntarily. There are hints of “more to the story” as investigations continue. …[MORE] My yard crew was due yesterday morning just about the time I usually walk the new dog. Since he’s easily spooked and sometimes slips the leash, I decided to avoid any potential catastrophes by foregoing the walk that day. Otherwise, we went through our usual morning routine. Along about 2pm, the dog and I were both sitting around the living …[MORE] While I grew up right along with the computer age and learned coding before I learned to earn a living, there’s still a lot I don’t understand about modern day cyber-abilities. One of the great things about today’s information age is Google. I must admit I love Google, keep it as my home page, use it daily and rarely do …[MORE] Working with my fellow Toastmasters, we regularly discuss the topic of fear. Fear of public speaking is the obvious place we start, but we soon expand that idea into the larger subject of the comfort zone and the need to face fears in order to grow. That challenge to face down one’s fears in the …[MORE] When you read a lot, you learn a lot of words. You learn a lot of words that are not used in everyday conversation and you see them in context. If you don’t read much, all you know of language is what you hear in everyday conversation. Nonreaders often reveal themselves when they write by using homophones—words …[MORE] |
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