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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?
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• 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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