Husband & retiree. Former software developer, technical writer, & IT geek. Occasionally do weird & goofy things.
Biography
I grew up in an upper-middle-class slash upper-class northern suburb of Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s. I was odd as a kid. However, I was with the same group of kids from kindergarten through eighth grade, so I avoided the mess that middle school can be for many odd…
A guide to some of the things I’ve published on Medium and elsewhere.
Conversations with My Wife
Lessons & Observations
I lean over to my wife after dinner and whisper in her ear, “So, my love, do you feel in the mood for… chocolate?”
ME: Honey, have you noticed a switch in preference from chocolate to hard candy as you age?
DEB: (glaring over glasses at me) Are we switching from sugar-free chocolates to hard candy for dessert?
We have been indulging in sugar-free chocolate candies—mostly Russell Stover, because they have the best variety…
There is always something to discover in any relationship, even a practice one
This is yet another chapter in a series I “finished” last year, but my characters kept talking to me. Then Roz Warren convinced me into fill out the series into a book, so now I’m working on that. …
The reminder of the Worry Stone
this stone
portable and present
fractured and glued
reminding me daily
Broken Is Not Unfixable
and
Fixed Is Not Healed
I have a “worry stone” that I bought many years ago that I always carry with me. It’s smooth, with a concave side that is just the right size for a thumb. When I’m feeling anxious, I hold it in my hand and rub it. It helps.
Awhile back I dropped it on a hard surface and it broke neatly in two. I repaired it with super glue, but not neatly, and I can still feel the fracture line whenever I rub my thumb across it.
It reminds me things going badly can still be repaired; but that doesn’t mean the bad things are erased.
“Stinks to be a girl, I guess.”
This is yet another chapter in a series I “finished” last year, but my characters kept talking to me. Then Roz Warren convinced me into fill out the series into a book, so now I’m working on that. …
On the road again, with Deb and Jack
Deb and I drove up to New England the last week of September. …
There are plans, and then there is the real world
This is yet another chapter in a series I “finished” last year, but my characters kept talking to me. Then Roz Warren convinced me into fill out the series into a book, so now I’m working on that. …
Can revenge become justice?
The box he had received in the mail had a smaller box in it, roughly three by three by six inches. The note on the outside of the smaller box told him not to open it, until instructed to after establishing a video call with the person at the link…
In response to Dennett and Harry Hogg ‘Be Open’ 100 word prompts
