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Crochety old man
As I've gotten older, my personality has changed in interesting ways. I've always viewed myself as a relatively quiet, introverted man who opens up with close friends and family. It's always been difficult for me to be around acquaintances, co-workers, and strangers for long periods of time; I feel drained after a few hours, and I find myself ( Read more... ) -
Here there be gyants
I have been life-long following of strange phenomenon and the unusual, so when a book was recently published regarding "pre-historic Caucasian giants who once ruled America and the Smithsonian hoax to cover up the evidence," I had to look into it ( Read more... ) -
The day before Christmas
When was the last time I posted a blog entry? December 27, 2012. Nearly two years ago. And prior to that, I didn't write in it for a year and nine months.
Where has the time gone? How did I let go of something to which I devoted so much loving care?
Something to ponder as I return my attention here.
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Complaining
I'm annoyed. I agreed to help out my friend and secretary at the office to type up "Dear Santa" letters for this coming week. I had planned on using today to get caught up with writing my news stories from the last few days, but the letters wound up taking the entire day to finish ( Read more... ) -
Surfacing
My return to blogging. I missed it gravely, though these days I get paid to write as a newspaper reporter. How long has it been since I posted on LiveJournal? 1 year and 9 months ( Read more... ) -
This Night
I feel like I've been involuntarily moving all day, so it felt good to slip under the blanket of night under my own power with Max. Already the approaching cold air is making itself known. The evening sky is veiled under a gauzy wrap of clouds, but I can still make out Orion and The Great Bear hanging above. Max always stops at a certain curve in ( Read more... ) -
This Day
This has been a long day, and I'm glad to be home, unwinding. I don't have Max with me tonight, and I really missed him when I took a walk this evening. The warm temperatures linger at night, and the clouds have finally, after several days of effort, covered the moon. I met a couple of neighbors out walking down the road as well; we exchanged a ( Read more... ) -
This NIght
The air was crisp, and this night's Super Moon gently pierced the hazy clouds. My bare and balding head was chilling instead of radiating heat from the sunburn like it did last night. Numerous encounters with sounds from all corners - frogs (two different varieties now), ATVs, voices from neighbors, yapping dogs, and at least four shots from a ( Read more... ) -
This Night
A rain shower made our walk tonight a short one. The frogs are in their element and happy. Max does not like sudden rain storms or lightning or thunder, but he was a trooper. The damp night air was fresh and full of ozone, gifts of spring. A suprising amount of traffic in Preston for a rainy night, but it has been like that all day - people out ( Read more... ) -
This Night
It was much too warm for a jacket tonight - I was bathed in alternating currents of warm and cool breezes, the comfort of a spring evening. The sky remained covered with high, hazy clouds, and they magnified the light of the nearly-full moon, which turned the landscape into a dim version of its daily face. Neighbors arrived at home or left for ( Read more... )