I haven’t written much on Medium recently. I’ve been under the weather and just lacked the energy and focus that writing requires. Apparently, a lack of activity sets off some algorithm somewhere that opens the floodgates for negativity. The last several comments made to me have fallen directly
I’m going to close out my stories about my extended family with this last episode. Once again, I was a child, I cannot remember if this happened, but it was between 1972 and 1974. My memory isn’t sharp on this for reasons that will become clear later in
About 4 years after the family reunion disaster https://medium.com/@dreamer9177/why-i-cant-stand-my-extended-family-part-2-e4f8856513ff, one of my Mom’s brothers, not the one with the Winnebago, called Mim out of the blue less than a week before Christmas and wanted to bring
After my first experience with my Aunt Gladys mentioned in https://medium.com/@dreamer9177/why-i-cant-stand-my-extended-family-f402ecdbefa1 I wanted to fast forward a year to 1972. There was a film that all us kids thought was the best thing ever called “The Doberman Gang” about
A friend on Medium said that I should write stories about my extended family. Here is background and the first example of a fucked-up extended family. I am an only child of two wonderful, loving parents. I wish the story ended there, but everything goes downhill. First, a but
As if Americans aren’t already obese enough, now we’re subjected to “National Donut Day,” which was obviously the aborted brainchild of some 350-pound internet food porn junkie, waiting to haul his ass out of the basement he lives in. Once he recovers from that exertion and from
My website project continues. I am learning as I go, but I am not trying to do everything at once because I don’t want to get frustrated and quit in anger. I have all the time in the world to learn and do this right. I have wanted to
This is my first Ghost blog post using their editor on my website. I find this is an excellent writing tool that is paired with my website. Grammarly is integrated into the editor, so there is no cut-and-paste to get things done right. I think that the Ghost
I called a friend last weekend to say hello. I have known her for more than 15 years because we worked together until I went on permanent disability back in 2021. Of all my old coworkers, she is the one who has stayed in touch the longest. We seldom go
I created my website. I finally did it! I am proud of myself for taking the first step, which is usually the hardest. I'll try to explain what I want my site to be about. I am a huge sci-fi fan. When Star Trek: The Next Generation
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