I've appreciated the shadows in the Shadow Hunters Community, but I've never posted a picture here. This photo was shot by my daughter when she was in Puerto Rico recently. While I can't travel anymore

Yay! Happy Birthday. Eight years on Hive last month and 79 years on earth this month. I'm a really lucky lady. My family was with me on my earth birthday--husband, daughter, son, dog, cat. Just missing

Stan Shebs. CC 3.0 license Is He Lying? “They’ve got brothels. That’s where the Chicken Ranch is, in Pahrump.” Bruce offered this information as he swerved to avoid a lizard in the road. The excursion

Relative Size of Iran US CIA. Public Domain I went to bed last night thinking about writing this blog. Why are we in this war? How did we get here? Where is it all leading? Who benefits? How great are

There was a light rain when my daughter took this picture, but that did not drive her indoors. The beach was still quite pleasant. According to the website Travel Panda, it rains just about every day in

My president held a brief press conference yesterday afternoon to update the public on the state of war. That is, the war he, along with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, has waged these past days against Iran.

The New York City Seventh Avenue Garment District has been the center of fashion in the United States for generations. Historically, stores on New York's Fifth Avenue featured the latest styles because

It is a brilliant moon tonight. Bright, against a dark cloudy sky. What a night for such a moon, for such a sky. I am somber. There was another blog I wanted to write, but war is on my mind. My country

Some of my readers know that about a year ago--in May of 2025, to be precise--my husband had complex surgery on his leg. It is not a common operation. When he went for physical therapy, therapists who

We just had a blizzard on Long Island (NY, USA). I don't know if we broke a record for snowfall in my small neighborhood, but in a nearby community, East Islip they did: 31 inches. We had a lot of snow.

In my collage I have placed a dog, a man, and a bee hive. Not visible are the countless other creatures that probably exist in this scene. The giant wax moths, for example, that feed parasitically on the

I'm odd. Everyone who meets me eventually figures that out. Sometimes it's an asset. Sometimes it's not. My husband figured it out almost immediately, those many years ago when we met. Given my peculiar

Need a couple of extra bucks this week? How about selling your plasma? Might be a better option than a payday loan. Put the money in your pocket and walk away. Plasma selling centers are popping up all

Spoiler Alert******Spoiler Alert******Spoiler Alert If you haven't watched the series yet, you might not want to read this review. I basically tell what happened, but there is so much more to the show

There was a time of calamity in the North Atlantic colony of Jonah crabs. The great black-backed gull population had exploded and the birds were feeding upon the crustaceans mercilessly. The crabs, especially

I wasn't going to write in response to the Silver's Bloggers prompt this week: "What do you remember feeling on your first day of school?" The essay would have been way too dark. Then I thought,

Philip K. Dick, Early 1960s Photo by Arthur Knight. Public domain I'll begin this review of A Scanner Darkly at the place where it ends, in the Author's Note. On the last two pages of the book, Philip

Aisha stammered as she translated the Russian words: Discipline and Obedience are the Foundation of Social Order. The school's headmistress, Irina Volkrov, slammed a ruler loudly on the desk. “Not acceptable!”

According to the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department of the Philippines government, there were 2.157 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in 2023. That's a number, a statistic. What

My granddaughter returned to college this week. She is a senior, and she is happy. She'll be leaving the school in May. What will the future bring? Graduate school, we hope. Which school? How will she