Note: This was written before our dog Beowulf passed away last July.

Most people over the age of fifty can testify that growing old sucks. I mean, older. Growing older sucks.

One of the things that sucks is medication. Now, a person can avoid going on a lot of medicine by staying fit, eating right, exercising, meditation, yoga ... you know, ( Read more... )

 We dogsat--um, sitted?--for a friend's canine last week, and enjoyed it very much. As many of you know, our own dog, Beowulf, passed away last July.


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I'd planned reruns and pre-written blogs until the Haunted History project was finished, but I popped in to tell everyone the source of my constant head pain and sinus infections has finally been isolated ( Read more... )

I'm reposting this blog from last summer because, let's face it, you could post something about heat waves every summer. Okay, I'm actually doing it because I was busy working on the Haunted Noble County project and ran out of time. But they're talking about a 100 degree heat index tomorrow--something other parts of the country have been seeing all ( Read more... )

No one knows where Beowulf came from.


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 So, I got a letter from my credit card company, saying I was scheduled for an "account review". They wanted to let me know that, because the highest balance on my account has been significantly lower than my credit limit, my credit limit could be decreased.
Now, let's think about this for a minute.
I'm being punished for being fiscally responsible ( Read more... )

 The Fifth of March is my eleventh wedding anniversary, so I checked and found out the traditional gift for that particular landmark is ... steel ( Read more... )

 I sent the newsletter out last week, and just now realized it was about ... pumpkins and puppies. That wasn't intentional, but what the heck! Not much new to report in the writing world, so I opted for cuteness. Can you really blame me?

https://mailchi.mp/8aadc24d2fd8/what-i-didnt-do-on-my-summer-vacation?e=2b1e842057 Here's one of the pumpkins ( Read more... )

With blogs like this I've learned to make it abundantly clear: He's OK.

Beowulf is about fourteen, as near as we can figure, which is Methuselah in human years. According to the Bible, Moses lived to be 120; Beowulf is that close to making it to the promised land. What that brings with it, at least for owners, is worry. After all, we've had him for ( Read more... )

 This week has been so hot, "so hot" jokes have been trending ( Read more... )