I planted some pretty flowers and they're not dead yet! See? Blithering, as promised! For the last few months, I've felt like ...

Reason #1 I haven't been blogging: I've been obsessively practicing mandolin and learning new tunes.  Tunes I've learned since t...

I am something of a retrogrouch. Big surprise there. I've gone on record saying that electronic books will never catch on (for me, in ...