I got up early to get my blood tested before breakfast. I walked the dogs first, of course, but I was still at the doctor's office bef...

Today was strange. When I picked up the mail this morning, there was the letter I'd mailed my sister last week. "Return to sender, ...

The roofing folks knocked on my door this morning and said they were here to inspect the roof. I had asked them to give me some advance no...

When I was getting the water off the roof today, a code compliance car stopped in front of the house and an officer got out and asked what...

The power went out as we were waking up this morning. Janet had to go to work with wet hair, since the power went out while she was in the...

I hooked up the Roku streaming stick to the TV this morning. It worked. I was curious how this little gizmo could offer so many channels ...

Today was for the dogs. They both got a nice walk early this morning while the temperature was cooler and there was still a breeze. Later ...

A friend shamed me into going to a Hallmark Card store today. I'm not really a greeting card person. I don't send them and rarely ...

I learned how to brush Dot's teeth correctly today. How could I have been doing it wrong for all these years? Every Dalmatian we have ...

I got a letter in the mail from the local social security office today reminding me that I was approaching full retirement age and suggest...

I spent the day getting unsatisfactory answers to some very reasonable questions. How long has it been since you called someone and found ...

The long awaited SXSW Cookbook arrived in today's mail. The book was printed in China, which might explain why it took so long to be p...

I saw a dead possum in the neighbor's yard while I was mowing the grass this morning. I wonder what killed it? It didn't look like...

Sometimes I wonder what is going to happen on Day 2000, or Day 5000. On any given day, what I write is trivial, but I keep on writing for ...

The day started out well. We had a nice walk this morning and there were even patches of blue sky, instead of the predicted rain. I had a ...

We all keep getting healthier. Dot had dental x-rays today and got years of tartar removed from her teeth. There were no abscesses and no ...

Medicine gives my life structure. The doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, and technicians have become my equivalent of co-workers. I'...