Favorite story

Favorite story

I’m at the office, chatting with Roger and Christy. They’re talking about the strangers who chat you up in an airplane. We are all seasoned travelers working in multiple time zones who go to the airport like we’re going to Target. When I didn’t...
Guest Post today!

Guest Post today!

My dad, Gene M. Culver, is my guest blogger today, with a review of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs. It’s not a book for the faint of heart – two volumes with illustrations and maps. He wrote it near the very end of his life and it became a bestseller,...
Mom’s day

Mom’s day

I miss Mom’s hamburgers, I miss when she would burp like a sailor and then act all surprised, and I miss how she cut Snickers into little slivers so she could eat them really slowly. I miss her long perfect nails and her hair curler box, and the ungodly amount...
Today’s the day

Today’s the day

For what, I don’t know – but today is it! Random weird ghosty cat in a glassed-in shop. I guess it’s actually me who’s weird-ghosty, the cat is just fine. Ramon and I made burgers today for lunch – they were decadent and good. Isn’t...
/rant over

/rant over

Need a break from my last political screed? Me too – and from the obsessive news reading that lead up to it. I’ve been trying not to get wrapped around the axle for the past few days, get better sleep, do some sort of exercise, and eat healthy. There is...
Trouble in the City on a Hill

Trouble in the City on a Hill

We have lost our way. The world is agog at our flailing, hypocritical, incompetent, dangerous president. Some citizens are congregating and protesting, derailing the success of confinement. It turns out that having a schism in the middle of our populace and bombastic...