I do not like genealogy. Never have. Probably never will.
I can be standing in line at the grocery store or at the airport and a complete stranger will end up telling me his genealogy. All the way back 8 generations.
It’s gotten to be a family joke.
But, I don’t find it funny. I must have [...]
Talk about being humbled. Here, I sit as I write: in a 4 bedroom home, 2 1/2 baths, carpet on the floors, with electricity and indoor plumbing and heating. I have a stove, fridge, microwave and dishwasher. PLENTY of clothes and shoes. And food. All that I want. Whenever I want. And if I need [...]
Chop, chop, chop. Bend, bend, bend. Whack, whack, whack. Ache. Ache. Ache. Yard work.
The book On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser languished on my list of books to-be-read. For years. Somehow it just wasn’t compelling reading like The Bonesetter’s Daughter or The English Patient or even The World is Flat. Three months ago, I bought it at a bargain book sale for [...]