Shasta and Mommy Contemplate Entropy or Just Bad Haircuts

A small play, offering a slice of life in Turnerdom. In this trenche de vie, Shasta and Mommy are sitting on the dead couch. The new puppy has been having fun with the couch, already used as a cat tree by Whiner cat and a launch site by the younger Ginger puppy. The new puppy… Read More

I Am Certain this Is Not the Most Desirable State of Affairs: A Haiku

Radioactive Monsters attack en masse Not all rockets win. My little haiku captures a truth worth remembering. Sometimes the good guys lose. Sometimes identifying the so-called good guys can be tough. Who is inside that rocket? Is Godzilla defending his home? His culture? That last year teaching, teachers used to look at me. Say something!… Read More

Jocelyn Reflects while Visiting Tacoma House

2018: Reflections on Me and Dad, sandwiched between random thoughts, while Dad Explains the Universe in Red, Redder, Reddest Sound Bites (That’s not Commie Pinko Red, that’s Republican Red. This man was meant to take his guns to rural Montana or Idaho, closing the chained gate behind him.) Old. So old, my dad. Anti-Trumpers? EVIL.… Read More

Church Masks

Only three masks here A church manifesting faith I’m not sure in what. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Covid has come and seemingly gone, though it remains to offer an occasional lesson. Here is mine for today: When someone posts on social media to say, “I have Covid, please cheer me up,” the right response is not, “I had… Read More

Secret Lyrics Hold Us Fairies Together

As we story and journey, sometimes it’s good to just gobblefunk a little with words. Reader, maybe make a list of words that capture how you feel right now. I’ll start: I feel like an armadillo (got to get across the road but somehow that sense of urgency is just not there…) a message in… Read More

Mourning the Queen

How odd to think that an era of this length has ended. Elizabeth was queen forever. She knew Churchill. She met thirteen US Presidents. She ruled for the entirety of my life, day by day, crisis by crisis. And her people loved her. What next? She can’t be replaced. Charles is … well, Charles. Camilla… Read More

Family Paella Recipe

Ingredients Ample pinch of saffron – approx ½ teaspoon if you have longer, wavy threads Marjoram, oregano, thyme, turmeric and a bay leaf. See below 4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (Additional olive oil as needed.) 1 onion, medium sized, diced 1-2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 cups short grain rice 3 cups chicken stock 1+ red, yellow and/or orange… Read More

Replicators and Other Inventions I Don’t Want to Beta Test

Piece of advice for today: Don’t buy the first year of the new or better product. The first year of the new boiler, dishwasher or hovercar should be tested by People Other than You. Not that we haven’t met some nice guys while they fixed the new boiler problem. Did you know there is a… Read More

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