It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is almost upon us. But there it is, and my preparations continue.

The festooning has started. The icicle lights I bought new in 2019 are hung from the gutters with care.

I love to travel, but it’s good to be home.

Last month as I prepared to sing in public, as amateurs occasionally do, I decided to dust off an old song I once sang.

I’ve been listening to a song recently, If the World Was Ending.

It’s amazing how much energy is bundled up in the body of a child.

This is weird. My word processing software is now suggesting words to me as I type.

There’s a feeling I’m unable to shake that a big test is coming. It probably has to do with this Saturday.

The 21st century is coming to my little town in a relatively big way. A bank of charging stations for electric cars is being installed next to the gas pumps by our local small box supermarket.

We fell back last night. I bet the earth, sun and stars never even noticed.

The father of a friend passed away yesterday. He was 93.

This certainly feels like winter in Texas. My fancy watch says it’s 48.

My weekend buzz took a hit yesterday.

I’ve just come off a great weekend. Music, friends, laughing children. All the things that bring me joy.

It will be a good day. No matter what. I stepped outside for my winter morning ritual, the soul cleansing dip into cold air. It was there.

In the world of discoveries this is probably a modest one, but I discovered something about myself in the process of rebuilding my shattered life after the death of my wife last year.

The Yellow Bells is putting on a show again this year. It is soaring to outstanding heights and putting out some fabulous yellow blooms.

I think I need to add a nice thermometer to supplement my nice new rain gauge. I want to know, when I walk outside in the morning, what it is I’m feeling, outside of my emotions, which is another subject entirely.

Well. It’s late afternoon. My typical writing time is early morning. But here I am, just back from Houston where I visited my dermatologist.

Inertia. That’s me. The tendency of a body to stay at rest. As a human it is probably a pretty good trait.