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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