Welcome to Rich's Ramblings……
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BOY HOWDY! Something must have sneaked into my coffee or iced tea this morning and infected me with an urge to do work. It’s been a while. If you read my Continue Reading →
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I SUPPOSE AN explanation is owed, based on inquiries I’ve received this morning. Last night, or maybe early this morning I put a post on Facebook about Dylan Thomas, who days Continue Reading →
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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 →
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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 →
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I HAVE declared today a day of reflection. Seemed like the right thing to do with a cold day, clouds mixing with weak sun and coming off a few days of Continue Reading →
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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 →
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The madness of our times becomes most stark when it destroys the planet and its treasures..may this madness not come to pass IT IS SAD to think about the death of Continue Reading →
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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 →
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THIS IS THE last day I wear a heart monitor. It’s a tiny thing, but it’s annoying. I’ve had it on for 30 days. My cardiologist thought it a good idea Continue Reading →
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There will be journalism going forward, even though what it will look like is undetermined. EVEN THOUGH I left newspapering in 1992, dipping my toe back into journalism and writing in Continue Reading →
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We aren’t in Vermont any more, Toto… OUR BIG SNOW came and went and from where I sat, it was just another day, although quieter than most. I was ready. No Continue Reading →
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A cold winter day and a walk up a hill…. IT WAS A day to rediscover a couple of truths. I had cabin fever. Bad. This was not Vermont, where we Continue Reading →
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It’s usually not wise to write from the bottom of a whiskey bottle, but it’s where I am tonight…an old man needing to give thanks…. IT’S LATE ON a Sunday night Continue Reading →
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But it brings the warmth of memories, too, and a realization that friendship does not always require a lifetime of knowing someone. So it was with Don…. PARDON ME WHILE I Continue Reading →
Sometimes you just gotta go to extremes and then walk out of the wreckage and see if you find your way…. I GOT UP in the dark of a rainy morning Continue Reading →