When I was younger and living in San Rafael, my father occasionally serenaded us. He played guitar and sang. Most often, it was songs by Jim Reeves or Hank Williams- people like that. I say serenade us, but we were not always in the room. The sound carried to all parts of the house. OtherContinue reading “From Serenades to Solos: My Musical Evolution”
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Another example of Judy’s writing
My wife hid much of her life from me for reasons unknown. It has now been six years since she passed, and I continue to find hints and pieces of that unknown life she chose to keep secret. She was the valedictorian of her high school class. She earned “Honors at Entry” for college andContinue reading “Another example of Judy’s writing”
Weird technology in my world—
Currently (pun intended), I own a 2024 Prius Prime plug-in Hybrid. Soon after buying this, I found it flashing warning messages I wasn’t aware existed. My car has criticized my posture, telling me to “Sit Up!” and reminded me to pay attention by flashing “Driver Inattention Detected” on the main screen. That’s fine. It onlyContinue reading “Weird technology in my world—”
The Scene
This is another example of my wife’s writing from her college days. I used this one as a “prompt” for a novel I am working on. The Scene The girl looked out the window as she had done many times before. The scene that met her eyes was a well-known one. Having only one windowContinue reading “The Scene”
Thanksgiving
I woke up at 6 am this morning, by my current standards, sleeping in. My first thought was, “I’m gonna be late.” Late to what? It is, after all, Thanksgiving morning. Every place I might think to go and write for a few hours is closed today. I am a creature of habit. Even toContinue reading “Thanksgiving”
My Christmas mood- now and then
December 20, 2020 The soundtrack of my Christmas memories as a child was provided to a major extent, by one Christmas record. This record was by a group you might have heard of; 101 Strings, and was called “Christmas Moods.” At the time, it had come to be included in my family Christmas memories asContinue reading “My Christmas mood- now and then”
Camp Fire- Paradise Ca, The Second Anniversary
November 01, 2020 November 8, will be the second anniversary of the Camp Fire, which burned the majority of the town of Paradise off of the map. Judy and I were there that morning. We shouldn’t have been. We didn’t know what was happening. I relied on warnings from my phone to alert me thatContinue reading “Camp Fire- Paradise Ca, The Second Anniversary”
Good writing can make you cry- now
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 It can make me cry, anyway. Of the relatively small list of people I have as good friends, five that I know of, write. One of those has published five novels. Another one is close to publishing her first book. Another could and should write a book about her life butContinue reading “Good writing can make you cry- now”
My Gridcoin experiment is done
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Frankly, the intermediary website GRCPool.com and Gridcoin.us left a lot to be desired. The site is not monitored as well as it could be. Projects that are listed as acceptable for research may not be. Updated information is not consistent from one listing to the next. I found one project IContinue reading “My Gridcoin experiment is done”
BOINC and Gridcoin futures
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Well, you get to see the update anyway. First, the disease research has found a possible new treatment against covid-19, so that part of it at least is a success, so far. The mining for cryptocurrency though could be doing better. First, in my first two weeks participating as aContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin futures”
Memory is the Key 