AFC Championship Game in Colorado

It’s January 25, Sunday, 11:30, 2026; and the AFC Championship game is in Colorado and so am I. I’ve come home. However, my stuff’s still in hell. Err, I mean Kansas. Additionally, it’s cold outside! Eighteen degrees with some snow flurries floating down. I’ve decided to stay home in my new, near empty apartment. No … Continue reading AFC Championship Game in Colorado

Pluribus: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”Smash or Pass?

Pluribus is a new series on Apple TV (I've watched it on Amazon Prime) with the premiss: "The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness." It explores the question of Free Will versus perpetual joy. At first, I would have kicked it (passed.) Because I thought it disjointed, with a confusing opening. … Continue reading Pluribus: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”Smash or Pass?

A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025

The Marvelous Fall Frenzy of 2025 will indeed be that. Because Major League Baseball has again changed the playoff format this year. Because the competition for eyeballs/clicks/viewers/consumers/money is, like everything else - greater than ever. One quarter of the way through the 21st Century and everything is in hyper-drive. Which is, I think, not good … Continue reading A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025

1883: A Review

1883 is Taylor Sheridan's prequel to his smash hit Yellowstone. In my review of Yellowstone I said this, "In the show we have beautiful, majestic scenery joined with Celtic-like sad, mournful music. Those two film “props” enhance the feeling that we are losing something." Which is true of 1883 (2021), too. Taylor Sheridan's worldview dominates the story, as it … Continue reading 1883: A Review

My Garden is my Life

My garden is my life. However, maybe not how you'd think. I'm moving, I've mentioned before. Which usually means that you have to leave your garden, too. But that's not the case with me. Because I take that which is important to me, with me. Psych-girl, last session, didn't get it.* Lately, She and I … Continue reading My Garden is my Life

The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic

The Author's Cafe is a playlist on Spotify. I just made it. The Author's Cafe Playlist on Spotify is fantastic! Specifically, it is songs referenced in the books I write. I am The Author and this is my cafe. Sometime around 2012 I tuned into streaming music via Spotify. Furthermore, I began to make playlists to mark … Continue reading The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic

Election 2024: By the Numbers

Election 2024 by the numbers is unpredictable. Because the numbers are inexact. Additionally, they are subject to manipulation, i.e. skulduggery. Let's get into it. Since 2004 I've been analyzing, and writing about, voter behavior in US presidential elections'. My first novel, Attachment: A Novel of War and Peace (2006) was concerned with, among other things, … Continue reading Election 2024: By the Numbers

Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs

"Fall Frenzy" began in the fall of 2020 - the worst year ever. It was a marketing ploy by Major League Baseball to drum up interest in the playoffs after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in the spring. The season had been shortened to sixty games, beginning in late July. Recall, games were then played with … Continue reading Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs