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- Claxbury Corners – In the chute – Afterthoughts – Wrapping it Up
- Claxbury Corners – In the chute – Episode XX Loose Ends
- Claxbury Corners – May 22, 2022 – Episode XIX Enough Politics
- Flash Blog: See? – May 21, 2022 – An earlier sci-fi post is shown “spot-on”
- A Word of Caution – May 20, 2022 – Bullet list precaution
- Loose Change – May 19, 2022 – Is he for real?
- Bear With Me – May 18, 2022 – A PSA
- Claxbury Corners – May 17, 2022 – Episode XVIII Fallen Servants
- Life Rules – May 16, 2022 – Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow
- Old Crew Wine – May 15, 2022 – Episode IX Darkside Tommy
- Morning Brief – May 14, 2022 – Two buds, waiting on breakfast…
- Old Crew Wine – May 13, 2022 – Episode VIII Field Report
- The Interview – May 12, 2022 – An opportunity to chat with a blog “reader.”
- Where’d I Leave Off? – May 12, 2022 – Two kinds of people…
- In the News – May 11, 2022 Special edition – News in my feed about a pretend meat company not doing well.
- Cash Prize – May 11, 2022 – A Flash Blog. I propose a contest: $30.00 to the one the judges choose
- Kicked A Stone – May 11, 2022 – But first, a word from our sponsor
- File Under – May 10, 2022 – Calipers, Blades, and Mallets: lies and truth revisited
- Loose Change – May 10, 2022 – Good news and bad news
- File Under – May 9, 2022 – Loose Change: Lies and the truth
- Claxbury Corners – May 9, 2022 – Episode XVII West Coast Calling
- Kicked A Stone – May 8, 2022 – Troll Bait – People
- Old Crew Wine – May 8, 2022 – Episode VII Terms Reached
- Loose Change – May 7, 2022 – Informal splatters of philosophy
- Old Crew Wine – May 7, 2022 – Episode VI C Warburton Agency
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – May 6, 2022 – Ever want to be a politician?
- Claxbury Corners – May 6, 2022 – Episode XVI Leron Tackertt
- Old Crew Wine – May 5, 2022 – Episode V Hush Investigations
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – May 5, 2022 – Pennywise philosophy
- Cancel Culture – May 4, 2022 – About time for a new spin on this, and I got it
- Old Crew Wine – May 4, 2022 – Episode IV Searching for a Cyber-Dick
- Morning Brief – May 3, 2022 – Flashy Conversation: Let’s go organic
- Old Crew Wine – May 3, 2022 – Episode III
- Disheartening – May 2, 2022 – Old Crew Wine Episode II
- Trust Me, I’m an Expert – May 2, 2022 – Flashy conversation piece; if you’re inclined, a little racy
- Pond Scum With Feathers – May 1, 2022 – Sci-Fi Flash
- Planning Ahead – May 1, 2022 – Old Crew Wine Episode I. Some things shouldn’t be left to chance
- TOM – April 30, 2022 (dated 5/1/2022) – The Truth Of the Matter
- Prompts, Muses, and Writer’s Block – April 29, 2022 – Seriously you believe any of that?
- At Any Cost – April 29, 2022 – Flash, 100 words. How far in did you get before you saw it coming?
- Think Back Fifty Years (April 28, 2022) Mindspeak
- Claxbury Corners – April 28, 2022 – Episode XV City Lights
- Mini Insults – April 27, 2022 – Put it in your pocket; you’ll need it later
- Announcing Moods – April 27, 2022 – A new place to look for reading material
- Guest Blogger – April 26, 2022 – Dinosaur extinction – the REAL story
- Science Things Explained – April 26, 2022 – I have the answers for you, explained so you can understand the mysteries of science
- Technicolor Dreams – April 25, 2022 – A conversation with my new best bud, Reggie
- PSA – April 24, 2022 – In service to mankind: reducing the threat of late-onset Lexiphobia
- Disclaimers – April 24, 2022 – “Read entire label before using” kinds of things…
- Kicked A Stone – April 23, 2022 – Mini philosophy
- Claxbury Corners – April 23, 2022 – Episode XIV Election Year
- Gimmick – April 21, 2022 – Look ma! No hands!
- Claxbury Corners – April 21, 2022 – Episode XIII The River Again
- Aspirations – April 20, 2022 – What do you want to be when you grow up?
- Claxbury Corners – April 20, 2022 – Episode XII Clarion and Penny Pincher
- Curiosity – April 19, 2022 – Can someone clarify this for me?
- Claxbury Corners – April 19, 2022 – Episode XI Life Pulse
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – April 18, 2022 – A wee philosophy
- Addled Adages Addendum – April 18, 2022 – A little navel research
- I’m Confused – April 18, 2022 – File under – Addled Adages
- Repurposing – April 17, 2022 – File under Non Sequitur
- A Job Worth Doing… – April 16, 2022 – Loose Change Philosophy
- Disclaimers – April 15, 2022 – Hey! It ain’t my fault
- Double Dose – April 15, 2022 – Kicked a Stone and Calipers Philosophizing! Twofer!
- Limited Amount of Time – April 14, 2022 – Grousing and, well, uh, more grousing
- Loose Change – April 14, 2022 – Pennysworth philosophy
- Freebie – April 13, 2022 – A note to my Italian readers
- Alternate Opening Lines – April 12, 2022 – Once Upon a Time? We can do better.
- Her Ladyship – April 12, 2022 – A limerick
- Ain’t Got That Zing – April 11, 2022 – What if they hadn’t revised the title?
- Tried and Trite – April 10, 2022 – Hey. Enough hosing around. Let’s do this correctly.
- Talking to a Deaf Man – April 9, 2022 – communicating with the hard of hearing. No. Really!
- Every Newborn is Beautiful – April 8, 2022 – My! What a lovely child!
- Detestable Adworks – April 8, 2022 – You see them so often you ignore them. But do you, really?
- April 7, 2022 – There’s a sleeper in the “Writing” pull down. I’m not telling you where it is. No prizes if you find it either.
- Immigration – April 7, 2022 – Excuse me, what was your name again?
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – April 6, 2022 – Two bits’ worth of philosophy I deal with on a daily basis
- Nope, Not a Rant – April 6, 2022 – Before I get started for the day, some primal screams to purge the heebeejeebees.
- Short and Long of It – April 6, 2022 – Having fun with worn-out phrases
- Fishing and Demolition – April 5, 2022 – a Conversation-piece short story.
- Claxbury Corners – April 4, 2022 – Episode X Unexpected Changes
- Translated – Grandfather Was A Fisherman April 4, 2022
- Il Nonna Era Un Pescatore – 3, aprile, 2022 – Ora della favola
- Mini Insults – April 2, 2022 – Some folk fancy themselves hot stuff, even dressed like, um, ah, well, pigs
- Loose Change – April 2, 2022 – Penny Philosophy – Measure, please, “Happiness”
- While the Cat’s Away – April 2, 2022 – Stream of consciousness: lift and tote, lift and tote…
- QAP – April 1, 2022 – Advice column spoof
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – April 1, 2022 – Bargain basement philosophy
- Is Today Saturday? – April 1, 2022 – Lemme see. No. Maybe Friday?
- Test page
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – March 31, 2022 – How good is your right-now vision?
- Mister Fixit – March 31, 2022 – Woodchucks, a good man, and a sixty-five Chevy C10
- Stream of Consciousness – March 31, 2022 – Rainy day drivel
- Morning Routine – March 30, 2022 – Anyone remember Ipana, the toothpaste?
- Preparedness – March 30, 2022 – You never know what’s next, so be prepared…
- File Under – March 29, 2022 – Mini Insults
- Flash Blog – March 28, 2022 – A new creative form!
- Doctor’s Visit – March 28, 2022 – The irascible old duck is at it again…
- File Under – March 27, 2022 – Mini Insults
- Just Passing Through – March 27, 2022 – Filed under “Loose Change”
- The Humble, Royal Vegetable – March 26, 2022 – Guest post by Stan Kowalski: He’s no foodie, but he knows what he likes
- Misplaced Faith – March 26, 2022 – Questions I probably shouldn’t pose in an open forum
- Loose Change – March 25, 2022 – Evolution of Hominidae
- See a Penny? – March 25, 2022 – Kicked a stone, and guess what popped-up?
- Say Buddy, Can You... – March 25, 2022 – A tiny little vignette about being down-and-out
- Overheard – March 24, 2022 – Boldly satirizing everything except Ronald McDonald
- Thelytokous Parthenogenesis – March 24, 2022 – I got sex, you got sex, we all got sex
- Interstate – March 23, 2022 – Ever dream of being a cop?
- Revisions to the Master Plan – March 22, 2022 – Everyone works with lists, don’t they?
- Desert Tour – March 22, 2022 – Thieves, thieves, and thieves
- In Place Of – March 21, 2022 – The final decision has been rendered
- Trust Me, I’m An Expert – March 20, 2022 – When the used car salesman says…
- Who Knew? – March 19, 2022 – Consider the Avocado: good, bad, or somewhere in-between?
- Late Night Radio – March 19, 2022 – Scanning the FM (and AM) bands looking for stay-awake music for long late night road trips
- Early Spring Yardwork – March 18, 2022 – Three approaches to the same spring chore
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – March 17, 2022 – When I don’t have a legitimate post, I wax philosophic
- Call It What It Is – March 16, 2022 – Technocrap and all things medicine
- Sex and Murder – March 15, 2022 – Got your attention?
- Someone Explain to me – March 14, 2022 – Alphabet soup
- Plants Are Animals Too – March 13, 2022 – Satirizing Usoffa’s penchant for “causes”
- Goofing Off – March 12, 2022 – Like, what do you expect this might be about?
- In My Defense – March 12, 2022 – But there’s an upside to my flaws…
- Read in the News – March 11, 2022 – My newsfeeds tell me and I wonder…
- Faults – March 11, 2022 – Personality inventory
- Talltree Technology Beat Part II – March 10, 2022 – Mister Fixit begins to see the picture
- Talltree Technology Beat Part I – March 9, 2022 – Mister Fixit on loan to another beat
- Candy Bar Trivia – March 4, 2022 – Don’t write it down, I’ll remember it…
- Rebuke – March 3, 2022 – Unscrupulous twits, I see you at work…
- Fortune Cookies – March 2, 2022 – Old Dewd Philosophy – Loose Change, Calipers, and a smidge of humor.
- File Under – February 29, 2022 (3/1) – Philosophical Ponderings
- Overheard – February 28, 2022 – Odd form: stageplay a group of guys
- Recognizing Futility – February 27, 2022 – Looks like I was, after another day with no progress
- Abject Failure – February 26, 2022 – Am I ready to throw in the towel?
- What I Am and What I Ain’t – February 25, 2022 -Interview in absentia.
- Etcetera – February 24, 2022 – “Calipers, Blades, and Mallets” and a bit of “Loose Change”
- Figure This One Out – February 23, 2022 – What did you say?
- Loose Change – February 22, 2022 – Not-really philosophy, Kicked a Stone, and Mini Insults
- File Under – February 21, 2022 – Calipers, Loose Change, Mini-insults
- Roger And Larry – February 20, 2022 – What is it with women and musicians?
- Are You Listening? – February 19, 2022 – Part II of learning to be a Yankee again
- Welcome Nawth, Dixie Boy – February 18, 2022 – Learning to be a Yankee again
- Results May Vary – February 17, 2022 – Green peas, anyone?
- Or Is It Me? – February 16, 2022 – Where are all the beautiful people?
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – February 15, 2022 – More brief chunks of philosophy
- Kicked a Stone – February 14, 2022 – Philosophy worthy of consideration
- Problem Solver – February 13, 2022 – No, really, I am a problem solver
- The Plan – February 12, 2022 – An anecdote from the library parking lot
- Spoilers – February 11, 2022 – Web site follies
- Air Travel in Retrospect – February 10, 2022 – In the olden days…
- Second Alert – February 9, 2022 – Short, short blind date story
- Restored – February 8, 2022 – Re-publishing a creative piece from August, 2020
- Worry – February 7, 2022 – A really short story. A bit dark. Violent if you will.
- Nickle Notions – February 5, 2022 – I was just thinking…
- Calipers, Blades, and Mallets – February 4, 2022 – Life tools from the Pennysworth Philosopher
- All You Foodies Out There – February 3, 2022 – A semi-serious question about green beans
- Mister Fixit – January 14, 2022 – Tongue-in-cheek advice to the lovelorn (mis-posted 1/24/2022)
- PSA – January 12, 2022 – Links to two previously withdrawn creative pieces – “Heartbeat” and “Crazy Wolf”
- Welcome, Little Buddy – January 1, 2022 – Whaddaya think this would be about, eh?
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2021
- Environmentally Concerned – December 31, 2021 – Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, and Reduce
- Claxbury Corners – December 30, 2021 – Episode IX Curtain call
- It Begged to be Written – December 29, 2021 – Vegan Speculative Fiction
- Worst Verse – December 29, 2021 – Is this a limerick?
- Portrait of Death – December 28, 2021 – Loos poemetry on dreams, death and use your imagination
- Artistic Licenses – December 27, 2021 – Infamously visiting famous styles
- In Brief – December 26, 2021 – A six-word story – Lexiphobes and dictaphobes rejoice!
- Environmentally Concerned – December 26, 2021 – Alternate fuels
- What’s Next? – December 25, 2021 – To be or not to be (The Bard); Do or do not (Yoda)
- Relocation – December 25, 2021 – An update of sorts
- Merry Christmas – December 25, 2021 – Greetings, and a short, short story, well, unh, flash, actually
- Freebie – December 24, 2021 – I’ve had all I can stand, I can’st stands no more…
- Has Anyone Else Noticed? – December 24, 2021 – Moribund “American” Males
- Memories – December 24, 2021 – Flow of consciousness, introspection
- Haircut – December 23, 2021 – This relocation is messing with everything
- Last Minute Gift Idea – December 22, 2021 – Humorous flash conversation
- PSA, Again, Last Time – December 21, 2021 – Ask me, I’ll do it.
- Anatomy Lesson – December 21, 2021 – Internal organs: heart and stomach…
- Human Behavior – December 20, 2021 – Are we animals or what?
- A Favorite Thing – December 20, 2021 – If I’m going to pig-out, this is my go-to…
- Fact of the Matter – December 19, 2021 – Think about it…
- Torn From the Headlines – December 19, 2021 – Six word stories?
- Improperly Maligned – December 18, 2021 – Song of Fruitcake
- What’s Wrong with US Part XII – December 18, 2021 – Find it on the weird.wild.wacky
- Not for Lexiphobes – December 17, 2021 – PSA “Crazy Wolf” has been restored
- Fact of the Matter – December 17, 2021 – Think about it…
- Environmentally Concerned – December 17, 2021 – Fossil fuel and associated pollution
- Trowels, Sharks, and Pedigrees – December 16, 2021 – Trolls, snarks and I dunno
- Decoded – December 16, 2021 – Laptop excuses
- What’s wrong with US Part XI – December 15, 2021 – Heroes and Essential Workers
- Old is the New New – December 15, 2021 – Look at the “new” stuff; is it rally “new”?
- PSA – December 14, 2021 – If it’s missing and you want to see it – ASK.
- What’s Wrong with US Part X – December 13, 2021 – Freedom of Speech and Me-centricism
- Preghiere di Natale – 12 dicembre 2021 – Ora della favola – Also in English – a short story (for the season)
- Dit-dit-dah-dit and All the Ships at Sea – December 12, 2021 – Not your normal AP newsflash. Well, not even any kind of newsflash. Also not for lexiphobes.
- What’s Wrong with US Part IX – December 11, 2021 – Yawn, nobody cares. Okay, since you asked – censorship and the PCP
- New QC Director – December 11, 2021 – Say, that lady is familiar. Is she the one…
- Environmentally Concerned – December 10, 2021 – Let’s start talking about this. Then maybe we will be inclined to do something.
- You! Put Down That Keyboard – December 3, 2021 – (Sigh!) Once again, I must play Road Warrior
- The Struggle Continues – December 3, 2021 – Unruly character taken to task
- Claxbury Corners – December 3, 2021 – Episode VIII Homecoming
- Reunion – December 2, 2021 – Met an old friend in the most unusual way
- Magic Door – December 2, 2021 – Elfin magic?
- Sh-h-h. Quiet. I’m Thinking – December 1, 2021 – Hark! The plot’s afoot!
- Claxbury Corners – November 30, 2021 – Episode VII Playhouse Perils
- Intelligent Parochials – November 29, 2021 – Troll bait
- Do Me A Favor – November 28, 2021 – Please and Thank you.
- Derailed – November 22, 2021 – Banging-away, just not posting
- What’s Wrong with US Part VIII – November 21, 2021 – Ubiquitous Likes
- What’s Wrong with US Part VII – November 21, 2021 – Celebrity
- So Flipping Tired – November 20, 2021 – Relapse threatening doldrum recovery
- Not Your Sweetheart – November 19, 2021 – “Now you have a nice day, Hon”
- Pure Fluff – November 19, 2021 – Brought to you courtesy of bad good drugs
- Telecommunicable Disease – November 18, 2021 – Wear your face mask 24×7
- Short Road Trip – November 18, 2021 – P/Barking Lot confrontation
- What’s Wrong with US Part VI – November 17, 2021 – Writers
- Puppet Man Episode 6 – November 17, 2021 – Final part of a 6-part Vignette: Conclusion
- What’s Wrong with US Part V – November 17, 2021 – Hirsutedness
- Kicked a Stone – November 16, 2021 – Power of a smile
- Mister Fixit – November 16, 2021 – Advice to the lovelorn
- Puppet Man Episode 5 – November 16, 2021 – Part 5 of a 6-part Vignette: On the crime scene
- What’s Wrong with US Part IV – November 16, 2021 – Certifications
- What’s Wrong with Us Part III – November 15, 2021 – Entitlements: handicapped, color; gender; senior citizens, military
- Puppet Man Episode 4 – November 15, 2021 – Part 4 of a 6 part vignette: Lunch break
- Unsolicited Endorsement No. 5 – November 14, 2021 – Let’s travel to Valencia, Spain and meet a craftsdman who will impress you with his versatility, skill, and knowledge
- Unsolicited Endorsement No. 4 – November 14, 2021 – Visiting a Micro Flash writer who will, on occasion, stoop to poetry
- Puppet Man Episode 3 – November 14, 2021 – Part 3 of a 6-part vignette: Shift start
- Unsolicited Endorsement No. 3 – November 12, 2021 – Another homage to a real poet
- Unsolicited Endorsement Again – November 13, 2021 – Here’s homage to and a link to a another real poet
- Unsolicited Endorsement – November 13, 2021 – First homage to a real poet and a link to get you to his showcase
- Puppet Man Episode 2 – November 13, 2021 – Part 2 of a 6-part vignette: Leaving for work
- What’s Wrong With US Part II – November 13, 2021 – Reality Television – this if for real folks
- Puppet Man Episode 1 – November 12, 2021 – Part 1 of a 6-part vignette: Safest house in the city
- What’s Wrong With US Part I – November 12, 2021 – Let’s do coffee – satire and demi-rant: can the US get any goofier?
- Veterans’ Day – November 11, 2021
- Snark Update – November 10, 2021 – Revealing the Flash Fiction piece that elicited a rather clever (but not original) snarky comment.
- The Butcher – November 9, 2021 – Actually, Le Boucher, but who cares?
- On the Road Again – November 9, 2021 -The last “road trip” bellyache, I promise
- Reassessing – November 8, 2021 – Using a vault piece to rethink a few points
- Exercise Routine – November 8, 2021 – A dirty little ditty
- Pass Again – November 7, 2021 – Forestalling another road trip piece
- Take Your Pick – November 6, 2021 – Three versions of a spy noir
- Cheating Teaser – November 5, 2021 – Secret agent noir from the vault
- Right Lane Closed – November 4, 2021 – Road Trip! Observations an grumbling
- Prisoner – November 3, 2021 – Travel restrictions, so to speak. And a ribald limerick-ish piece
- Bits and Pieces -November 1, 2021 – Energy conservation, Father-style; shortcuts better left to the “long” version.
- Two Martinis – October 31, 2021 – Flash fiction bar vignette
- Three Minutes or Less – October 30, 2021 – Truly a ramble…
- Whine, Women, and Song – October 28, 2021 – Aggregate look back
- Cleanup on Aisle Six – October 27, 2021 – A shopping we will go…
- Everyone’s a Critic – October 26, 2021 – A thing Quixotic
- Comfort Food – October 25, 2021 – A warm bowl of soup
- Damsel Distressed – October 23, 2021 – A tiny bit of poetry
- Speed Trap – October 22, 2021 – A little observational poetry
- Artificial Intelligence? – October 21, 2021 – Ready for autonomous machines?
- This One is a Freebie – October 19, 2021 – Someone tried to read “Dentist’s Office” which had been removed. It was restored.
- Dancing in the Night – October 18, 2021 – Apparitions?
- Not Quite Perfect – October 16, 2021 – A bit of a limerick
- Go Figure – October 16, 2021 – 700 word short story
- Blinkety-blankety Rain – October 15, 2021 – Weather fit for ducks
- Treasure Hunt – October 14, 2021 – Real estate prospecting
- Overexertion – October 13, 2021 – A snippet of ribald poetry
- Torn from the Headlines – October 13, 2021 – Six word story
- Off the Cuff – October 12, 2021 – Contrail Conundrum
- On the Fly – October 10, 2021 – Of self-fulfilling prophesy
- Universal Laws, Formulas, and Constants – October 8, 2021 – Fun with pseudo-science
- More Simple Advice – October 8, 2021 – Thumbnail philosophy
- Testing, Testing, One, Two – October 7, 2021 – I am an idiot
- Crass Commercialism – October 6, 2021 – sub-sub-mini rant
- First Aid Station – October 7, 7E5 (10.06.2021) – Flash SciFi Speculative. Read it, you’ll see
- Simple Advice – October 6, 2021 – Odds and ends philosophy
- Self-Diagnosis – October 5, 2021 – A little spoof for ya
- Third Attempt – October 4, 2021 – Lost in the sea of tolerance
- Euphemisms, Colloquialisms, and Fabrications – October 3, 2021 – What the hell’d he mean by that?
- A Choice to be Made – October 2, 2021 – A flash vignette
- Harvest – October 1, 2021 – A scene from this year’s harvest
- Good Old boys, Bugs, and Baptists – September 30, 2021 – Autobiographic vignette
- As Useless As… – September 29, 2021 – NSFW meanderings of impatience
- Primal Urges – September 28, 2021 – Mildly NSFW question on animal behavior
- From the Archives – September 28, 2021 – Delivery driver has observations on the character of city streets
- Polite Arguments – September 27, 2021 – Oh, come on! Let’s argue with the underlying idea being one of learning something
- Notebook Scraps – September 26, 2021 – Scribblings that never made it to post or rant pages
- Disclaimer – September 24, 2021 – Can we come to an understanding here?
- I’m Not Sure, But… – September 22, 2021 – Civil law and civil disobedience
- Engineering for Convenience – September 21, 2021 – I need it, so I’ll make it
- Does This Location Make Me Look Fat? – September 16, 2021 – a brief appearance
- Reallocation – August 15, 2021 – From those who have to those who have not…
- Odds And Ends – August 14, 2021 – Murder Hornets? What? Again?
- Surplus – August 13, 2021 – Ongoing relocation pains
- Estabula – August 8, 2021 – Tomfoolery pure and simple. But wait! Really?
- Asked Alice – August 7, 2021 – Look closely, it’s social commentary
- Interview – August 6, 2021 – Hey! You gonna post another Claxbury Corners?
- Frankly, I Forget – August 5, 2021 – Random bits of philosophy
- Non Sequitur – August 4, 2021 – The front don’t exactly line-up with the back
- No Promises – August 1, 2021 – Just dropping by. Not sure how long this will last or if indeed, it will.
- Planned Outage – May 10, 2021 – Pulling the plug on spwilcenwrites
- Remember Clutch? – May 10, 2021 – Gracie plays the part of “Cat,” Clutch co-stars, and Espie gets not even a cameo
- Details – May 9, 2021 – It’s all in the details…
- Obfuscation – May 8, 2021 – Ooma amd Org have words. Sort of. Kinda.
- Random Bits – May 8, 2021 – Se porkly ulfin madha quelco e manno se
- Adversary – May 7, 2021 – Choose your enemy as carefully as you choose your friends
- Impostare le Cose in Chiaro – 6 maggio 2021 – Correzione di letture moderne su favole classiche
- Setting the Record Straight – May 6, 2021 – Correcting modern reads on classic fables
- A Cuppa Joe – May 5, 2021 – Care for a cup if instant decaf?
- Leth Try Thith Again – May 5, 2021 – A gentle poke at our frailties
- In-flight Repair – May 4, 2021 – Uh oh in space
- Short and Sweet – May 3, 2021 – Calipers, and Nickel Philosophy
- Choices – May 2, 2021 – It’s not always a rock and a hard place
- Radio Babble – May 1, 2021 – Somewhere in the goofy airwaves
- Peevish – April 30, 2021 – Some of my un-favorite things
- Flashback – April 29, 2021 – Speculative fiction. Also Flash. Also Humor?
- Impressions – April 28, 2021 – Thoughts about first (and other) impressions
- Withdrawn – April 27, 2021 – Conversations and confrontations
- Hunting Dinosaurs – April 26, 2021 – Spoof on hunting of all things, dinosaurs
- Fashionistas – April 24, 2021 – Critical comments on a few insane fashions
- Humility – April 21, 2021 – List-keeping, and and ego spoof
- Odds & Ends – April 20, 2021 – well, it is really just odd pieces of “stuff” including advice for an interstellar emergency
- Kiss-off – April 19, 2021 – Flash telephone conversation
- POW – April 17, 2021 Flash story of the Korean War
- Blog-ish – April 16, 2021 – Even I find this boring
- How to Read a Blogger – March 30, 2021 Blog reader essentials
- Circumstances – March 29, 2021 Flash Fiction — Holding a grudge?
- In the News – March 28, 2021 Here there and somewhere else – what up?
- Pay the Piper – March 27, 2021 Conversation with Mother Nature
- Tomato Warnings – March 26, 2021 A night of storms
- Casual Repartee – March 25, 2021 Flirtation?
- One Other Thing – March 24, 2021 On being a good neighbor
- Twofer – March 23, 2021 Two six-word stories
- Broken Rules – March 22, 2021 To Haiku or not Haiku
- End of an Era – March 21, 2021 Marking time’s advance
- Speculative Flash Fiction – March 20, 2021 Survival in an alien world
- Dietary Restrictions – March 19, 2021 What’s all this about allergies?
- I Salute You – March 18, 2021 Special Bloggers
- St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2021 Just what it says, and a little ditty about aging
- Vignette Summer 1970? – March 16, 2021 Looking back on an early morning drive home
- Gone Too Far – March 15, 2021 A mild diatribe against self-appointed censors
- Planned Obsolescence – March 14, 2021 Honest-to-goodness flash horror fiction
- Idiocy – March 13, 2021 I’m working to be better at it. Surely it is an art form?
- Digital Synch – March 12, 2021 Keeping the digital displays correct
- Stereotype – March 11, 2021 Hey! Wanna stop in for a doughnut?
- Lights, Camera, Action! – March 10, 2021 Archive entry about show biz difficulty
- Night Watch – March 9, 2021 Front desk security guard tells us a story…
- Button Button – March 8, 2021 My shoes are ALWAYS right beside the office door
- Rodger and Larry – March 7, 2021 Politics and “labels”
- Missing You – March 6, 2021 WP disappearing acts
- Unplugged – March 5, 2021 National Day of Unplugging
- At A Loss – March 4, 2021 Poetry – Three bedrooms, one bath?
- Kids These Days – March 3, 2021 Four mini poems
- Miss Anne Thropy – March 2, 2021 Mini poem repugnant people
- Change of Heart – March 1, 2021 flash fiction, fickle fancies
- Surveillance – February 28, 2021 Flash fiction – Getting the goods on an unfaithful spouse
- Freedoms – February 27, 2021 “Freedom” is just another word for what?
- Concentration – February 26, 2021 Just struggling to get some work done
- Claxbury Episode VI – February 25, 2021 Second Thoughts
- Social Re-engineering – February 24, 2021 Making time in my schedule
- Taking Care of Gramps – February 23, 2021 Flash fiction Gramps has folks looking after him, not to worry
- Around the World – February 22, 2021 News from Texas, Colorado, the Netherlands…
- I’m Moving to Florida – February 21, 2021 Uncommon winter weather for us here…
- Romeo O Romeo – February 20, 2021 Claxbury Corners Episode V
- Ode to a Narcissist – February 19, 2021 I know them, you know them, and they are we
- Two-day Rule – February 18, 2021 EcoPoetry, six-word failure, and a tiny vignette
- Good Ideas – February 17, 2021 But were they “good” ideas? And a little sales-pitch fun
- Ski Mt. Pisgah – February 16, 2021 Snow and shoveling and demographics, a bit of ‘non sequiter’
- The Good the Bad and the Snarky – February 15, 2021 Misanthropy
- Curiosity – February 14, 2021 Unh, yeah – Curiosity
- Setting the Record Straight – February 13, 2021 Snowflakes, Fingerprints, the origin of cheese, alternate history, and onions revisited
- Science Corner – February 12, 2021 Why do onions make me cry?
- Responsibilities II – February 12, 2021 Alternate POV for Responsibilities
- Responsibilities – February 11, 2021 Flash Fiction 2:30 reading time
- CompuJurisDiction – February 10, 2021 Speculative Fiction
- GeoCheating – February 9, 2021 Flash Fiction
- The Envelope — February 8, 2021 Flash Cop Noir
- Hey, Jack! – February 7, 2021 Poetry and Fairy Tale Spoofs
- Uninspirations – February 6, 2021 Curious things I don’t like
- Liver and Onions – February 5, 2021 Claxbury Corners Episode IV
- Welding Class Was Cancelled – February 4, 2021
- Buckle-up Kiddies – February 3, 2021 Pennyworth, Calipers, Claxbury Corners Episode III
- Lost in the Fog – January 30, 2021 Keyboard Creep, Undependable Statistics, Calipers, and Pennyworth
- Heat – January 27, 2021 NSFW Mini-rant, Claxbury Corners Episode II, Calipers, Pennyworth, Flash Fiction, and a bit of Ramble
- Fits and Snatches – January 22, 2021
- Updates – January 20, 2021 Claxbury Corners Episode I
- Chuckling to Myself – January 18, 2021 (Mildly NSFW)
- Training Rabbits – January 15, 2021
- Today’s Special – January 13, 2021
- Spoon Conundrum – January 11, 2021
- Confusions – January 10, 2021
- Gonna Rain – January 8, 2021
- Odds & Ends – January 7, 2021
- Rantless Ramble – January 6, 2021
- Electron Wastebin – January 4, 2021
- Olfactory Alerts – January 1, 2021
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2020
- Closing Thoughts – December 31, 2020
- Euphemisms – December 30, 2020
- Fowl Language – December 29, 2020
- Remembering Gracie – December 28, 2020
- Late In From Tulsa – December 25, 2020
- Esteemed Guests – December 23, 2020
- Bait and Switch – December 21, 2020
- Letter From Venus – December 18, 2020
- Quarter to Two – December 17, 2020
- Minute Quiz – December 16, 2020
- Interview – December 15, 2020
- Doggie Bag Blues – December 14, 2020
- Late Post Today – December 13, 2020
- Christmas in July – December 12, 2020
- Evening Update – December 11, 2020
- Back to Work – December 10, 2020
- Apologies – December 9, 2020
- Thirty-nine Ford – December 8, 2020
- Winning Numbers – December 7, 2020
- Turning Tables – December 6, 2020
- Shameless Self-Promotion – December 5, 2020
- Service Alert – December 4, 2020
- Beg Pardon? – December 3, 2020
- Bottles, Belts, Buffoonery – December 2, 2020
- Again I Ramble – December 1, 2020
- December Already – November 30, 2020
- Customer Service – November 29, 2020
- Here and There – November 26, 2020
- Ramble On – November 25, 2020
- Morning Coffee – November 24, 2020
- Service Alert – November 23, 2020
- QAP – November 22, 2020
- Insouciance – November 21, 2020
- Explain to Me – November 20, 2020
- Clutch Chronicles IV – November 19, 2020
- Clutch Chronicles III – November 18, 2020
- Clutch Chronicles II – November 17, 2020
- Clutch Chronicles – November 16, 2020
- Random Thoughts About Love – November 15, 2020
- Waxing Poetic About Love – November 14, 2020
- From the Vault – November 13, 2020
- Senior Day Part 3 – November 12, 2020 — Checking Outm (NSFW)
- Senior Day Part 2 – November 11, 2020 — The Main Event (NSFW)
- Senior Day Part 1 – November 10, 2020 — Getting There (NSFW)
- Fluff – November 9, 2020
- Feelin Lazy – November 8, 2020
- Special Edition – November 6, 2020
- Experts Say – November 6, 2020 (for November 7)
- Whiskers – November 6, 2020
- Numbers – November 5, 2020
- Leadfoot – November 4, 2020
- Borscht – November 3, 2020
- Building 431 – November 2, 2020
- Goals – November 1, 2020
- Big Dogs, Little Dogs, and Wives – October 31, 2020
- Robert Jackson – October 30, 2020
- Blue Eyes – October 29, 2020
- If Today is Tuesday – October 28, 2020
- People Amaze Me – October 27, 2020
- MSM Update – October 26, 2020
- Autumn Leaves – October 25, 2020
- MSM Reporting – October 24, 2020
- Community Service – October 23, 2020 (NSFW?)
- Oh Say Can You See – October 22, 2020
- Once Upon A Time No. 2 – Big Bad Got A Bum Rap – October 21, 2020
- Redress – October 19, 2020
- Groceries – October 16, 2020
- Nine-sixteenths – October 14, 2020
- At the Co-op – October 12, 2020
- And the Winner… – October 9, 2020
- Ramble Rumblings – October 7, 2020
- Unicorns and Powerpoint – October 5, 2020
- Minority – October 2, 2020
- Perfect – October 1, 2020 (NSFW)
- L.O.D.D. – September 30, 2020
- Aisle Three, Today Only – September 30, 2020
- Lunacies – September 28, 2020
- Shorthand – September 25, 2020 (NSFW)
- A Blog, Eh? – September 23, 2020
- Compost – September 21, 2020
- Truly Rambling – September 19, 2020
- Experimental – September 18, 2020
- Incident Management – September 16, 2020 (NSFW)
- More Than Normally Embarrassed – September 14, 2020
- Not Gonna Do It – September 11, 2020
- Back in the Saddle – September 9, 2020
- September Chores – September 7, 2020
- Artists and Artistry – September 4, 2020
- HOA, Walt and Isaac – September 2, 2020
- Schedules and Popcorn – August 31, 2020
- Liars and Lying – August 28, 2020
- Just Passing Through – August 26, 2020
- An Exceptional Weekend – August 24, 2020
- I’m an Idiot – August 21, 2020
- See Anything Different? – August 19, 2020
- High Summer – August 17, 2020
- Occupation – August 14, 2020
- Favorite Insults (No. 4) – August 12, 2020
- Wardlow and Spencer – August 10, 2020
- Favorite Insults (No. 15) – August 8, 2020
- Searching for the Cure – August 7, 2020
- Favorite Insults (No. 3) – August 6, 2020
- Once Upon A Time – No. 1 – August 5, 2020
- Favorite Insults (No. 7) – August 4, 2020
- Hedging My Bets – August 3, 2020
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