Monthly Archives: January 2025

For some reason, beef and pork lately have almost no appeal to me. Chicken is okay, but not something I crave. The only thing that sounds particularly appealing to me is ceviche. Halibut ceviche, in particular. Any firm, mild-flavored white … Continue reading →

I made the mistake of skimming the news this morning. That is not a particularly happy way to start the day. I want to retreat to my isolated lighthouse—the retreat that will keep me safe from a world that is … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s visit with a stand-in radiologist (mine has been away for several days) ended with me viewing images (from a CT scan, I presume) taken concurrently with my radiation treatment. The doctor showed me the area, in my mid- and … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the birthday of a woman I hired about forty years ago while I was employed at my first association job. As I have done for most, if not all. of those forty  years, I sent her a birthday … Continue reading →

Calendar year 2025 began yesterday with spectacular celebrations and unfathomable carnage—expressions of love and hope at one end of the spectrum, hatred and despair at the other. Around the globe, people observed a fresh beginning one moment and mourned the … Continue reading →

For some, today is another moment in the eternal (r)evolution of time. For others, this is the first day of an unknowable future. And for others still, this day constitutes fermentation; an acidic brew from which history will at some … Continue reading →