Happy New Year and All That Jazz

Another year begins and not a moment too soon. I say "Good Riddance" to 2021. Yet another year of angst amongst preventable and unpreventable tragedy. I don't have great hope for 2022 being a better year. I'm just hoping it won't be worse. I'll be doing my part to stay positive, to live in the…

4 + 4 Weeks: Happy New Year and All That Jazz #cats #stress-busters #nature

Well, hello, 2021! So far, it's looking good. At least for me since I've been living in my comfortable, do-not-wear-in-public, sometimes-wear-to-bed clothes since January 1. Of course, by the time you all read this, I'll be in regular work garb. But only another 4+4 weeks of that. I expect January to be a stressful month…

Apropos of Nothing #MondayBlogs #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

I've been lurking offline of late, infrequently skating by a few blogs or Facebook status updates or tweets.  I've several reasons for my grayish absence, and only a few of them may redeem me.  Guess which. Reasons for being absent from social media: In a pre-holiday funk, which seems to always come around this time…