WayBack Machine

WayBack Machine

IWSG February 5 question: Is there a story or book you’ve written that you wish you could change? This year’s promise began unraveling soon after it began. In near-simultaneous calamities, massive fires raged through over 12,000 structures in two large...
January 7 was not a good day… for me and many

January 7 was not a good day… for me and many

Four weeks ago at around 4:00 p.m., my health mythology about my ongoing involuntary muscle spasms blew up. A co-occurring disaster, the massive, multiple fires in LA County blew up almost simultaneously. Going forward for me as an individual would never be the same,...
The Promise of a New Calendar

The Promise of a New Calendar

One of my husband’s Christmas gifts to me was a new calendar. He shopped expansively to select the perfect one, with California scenery and large spaces to write our comings, goings, and appointments in 2025. Each year, he has as much fun during the shopping...
Stay Safe!

Stay Safe!

“Stay safe!” Family members in Elsewhere USA universally said as they checked on our proximity to the Armageddon-like fires on the news. I know they meant well, but they’re unable to comprehend the immensity and score, no matter how many metrics I...
Up or Out Your Wazoo

Up or Out Your Wazoo

When a person has problems that threaten to overwhelm them, sometimes an unhelpful friend says they have issues “up the wazoo.” Or they might use the alternative phrase out the wazoo. In either case, wazoo is slang for the butt, and the poor person who’s being talked...
When there was a Will next door

When there was a Will next door

When my husband and I moved into our upscale neighborhood in August 1986, we were the young ‘uns in the cul-de-sac. A terrier lived next door; as other neighbors described her, She was a woman of great will with a stern countenance. She was difficult to get to...