Category Archives: Vignettes

This gallery contains 1 photo.

I can’t start any real spring cleaning or planting yet, but I can think about it….. I AM MOVING into Spring Cleaning mode. Slowly. Slowly because major reconstruction at our apartment Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Shortness of breath, fatigue, achy joints…why? Maybe it’s because the man in the mirror is old I HAVE HAD a tightness in my chest that I couldn’t explain. Recent heart tests Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

As I age, acceptance is becoming more of a thing, but in the end whiskey and a joint may qualify as medicines                   I READ AN article the other day about this Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Looking out my window on an overcast, cold February day, I want the flowers back…                   I WANT TO look out my window and see flowers and trees.                   Ten years ago, the Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 2 photos.

There is noise, then there is noise. The noise I am living with now seems without end and while I wish it could become a backdrop to my life that Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Time to run a want ad. The workload of feeling sorry for myself has grown to be too much for one person….. HELP WANTED. Someone to pity me 24/7. Have been Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

It’s raining, and it’s quiet and that makes it a pretty good day to do….well, not much!             RAIN. QUIET.   AAHHHH!             It’s raining. Has been since the wee hours. I was up Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

EVER FEEL LIKE your brain is stuck in neutral? Or maybe just paralyzed. It’s functioning, aware but it can’t seem to direct any action.                   Once upon a time I wrote constantly. Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

A chilly, cloudy, misty morning reminds me of what I’d be doing if I was still in a house, not an apartment. Mother Natures always sent reminders on the chores Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

As an old guy living alone, I’ve pretty much always just tossed things into the shopping cart. After this morning, I’m going to be a much more careful shopper, and Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Who knows, doing nothing could become a very productive habit, maybe even a pathway to some peace of mind. You never know until you try….             I HAVE DECLARED today a “nothing Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Life in boxes and pots confuses my plants and they hold me responsible. I will try to earn their trust….          I DON’T HAVE a garden anymore. It’s the one thing I Continue Reading →

This gallery contains 1 photo.

I never have done well with “acceptance” but maybe I’m at a point where I have to try it, at least for a while….          ACCEPTANCE. Never done well with it.              But Continue Reading →

Wondering how young folks today can own a home in some places when everything seems to be a castle….             I WONDER WHEN a house quit being just a home and became, Continue Reading →