I am nearing completion of my ninth Work in Progress. I call it “The Scene.” I used my late wife Judy’s college creative writing paper, also titled “The Scene,” as a prompt. Her Scene is here. In my story, my character, Emily, takes Judy’s place as the writer of that Scene. The Scene, as aContinue reading “The Scene: A Journey Through Grief and Discovery”
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From Serenades to Solos: My Musical Evolution
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”
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 reminding 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
I found this short paper in a box of things Judy had saved that I had no idea still existed. She had told me she had taken a creative writing course in college. Here is an example of that writing. I used this short paper as a prompt for my ninth novel. The Sceneby JudyContinue reading “The Scene”
My Christmas mood- now and then
December 20, 2020 The soundtrack of my Christmas memories as a child was largely provided by one Christmas record. This record was by a group you might have heard of, 101 Strings, and was called “Christmas Moods.” At that time, this record became part of my family Christmas memories. It was given as a promotionalContinue reading “My Christmas mood- now and then”
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, disease research has found a possible new treatment for COVID-19, so that part of it, at least, is a success so far. Mining for cryptocurrency, though, could be doing better. In my first two weeks as a Gridcoin miner, I generatedContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin futures”
BOINC and Gridcoin mining update
Saturday, July 18, 2020 First, recently I heard about the following related to one of my BOINC research projects rosetta@home: “We have some BIG NEWS: Researchers @UWproteindesign has succeeded in creating antiviral proteins that neutralize the new coronavirus in the lab. (These experimental drugs are being optimized for animal trials now.)” The heck with GridcoinContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin mining update”
BOINC and Gridcoin
Sunday, July 12, 2020 I have been participating in data-crunching projects for BOINC for the better part of 20 years. This started as crunching data for SETI@home and was followed by many other projects. Currently, I have been working on COVID-19 treatments. Being awarded points has always been somewhat interesting, at least as far asContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin”
Memory is the Key 