I know it’s only Saturday evening but I’m calling it, calling it a weekend. I mean unless something extraordinary happens to me in my apartment between now and tomorrow night like one of my gang suddenly starting to speak and threatening to expose the shit that “only the cat saw”, aliens finally deciding that I… Continue reading

When I first noticed, as it rose above the end zone and above some of the crowd, I was struck, not just by it’s size at that moment but by the orange color of it (not a bad orange though, like that blood orange we’ve been forced to endure for way too long now, but… Continue reading

Well, Fall is here. Maybe not officially according to the calendar but it’s here. Comforters have been pulled out of closets for cooler, more snug nights (Cricket the Blind knows our only one well), long sleeves and hoodies are back in vogue in the evenings and breezes have a different feel and smell to them…oh,… Continue reading

(From September 1, 2019) Yeh, I know, what’s with this guy and the notes? 1. One of Celie’s bras tried to kill me. I will often drop my laundry on top of a few things of hers or her son Matt’s already in the washer, just waiting, and then eventually fold ’em, clean and dried,… Continue reading

How do I know that cats are privy to the thoughts of humans and maybe even have a feel for the sentimental? Earlier today, as I finally broke out the vacuum to clean a bit, I thought about taking this sideways box, with its old Steve t-shirt bed, out. Be done with it I said.… Continue reading

One: Because I said there would be more from these two and, no, before you ask, I don’t know their names or gender (UPDATE: Found out – a gal and a guy – meet Rico (yellow top) and Birdy Ray (orange top)). They’re just two beautiful, godly colorful, noisy-ass birds with a good spot in… Continue reading

Checking on some pals after a frustrating and tiring close to the week Friday. Silence…door open…then a chaos of noise and a brief moment with friends. More from these two, plus, later. Shit just makes me smile. Continue reading

(UPDATE: 08-30-19. I just couldn’t take #6 below and the being satisfied, at the time, with “note that it’s not your best…”  No, “note that it’s not your best” won’t fly. Though it may still not be my best (that is all relative to my endeavors in this small canon of tunes in the first… Continue reading

(Original post date from Frankenberry’s Attic @ Blogspot: 08-03-19) Being For The Benefit Of All That’s White (And A Moscow Mitch)  For the benefit of all that’s white We’ll re-visit Nur-emberg tonight So gather round Fox pundits they will gladly share Masking bias they no long-ger care Cage the brown And four congresswomen we’ll chant… Continue reading