This morning I engaged in a brief online dispute with a much younger person, possibly a millennial, about the damage boomers have done to their world. Afterwards, my husband refreshed my memory about our own good old bad old days. Hey, thanks! For some reason or other, I had forgotten…

Unless you’ve been a member of an evangelical group, preferably grew up in this dire situation, you’ll never understand how they think. Never. It’s impossible. It’s like asking someone who’s never jumped out of an airplane to describe the feeling of jumping out of an airplane. They can’t. …

It’s a Deliberate Design Flaw Recently, our hot water heater was making a funny sound. As is often the case, when the plumber came out to take a look, it wouldn’t do a repeat performance. Fortunately, I had recorded the sound on my iPhone. Turns out our hot water heater…

My Next Step in Preserving Food Oh goody! This morning, I get to start the day by writing about one of my favorite topics, self-reliance. This will be a short post, more of an update. Recently, I wrote about vacuum-sealing machines and devices that are designed to suck the air…

Lots of Questions Have No Answers Sometimes when I think about a god living in the sky, alone, little understood, powerful, but apparently also powerless, I feel sorry for him. I mean it can’t be easy. Right? Humans pounding on his door day in and day out with endless requests…

Again! Marjorie Taylor Greene is a mean thing Even her husband won’t be seen by her side these days Her good old Christian nationalism has caused such a frenzy Coupled with the sanctity of the family It can’t save her now Her holy union just took a legal bow Let’s…

Everyone Wants to Be a King I’m frugal. I’ve always been frugal, but as I age even more so. Still, I’m pretty sure that I’m not as frugal as humans need to be. I was born in America. One of the richest countries in the world. We’re not a frugal…

Or Maybe You Don’t I freeze things. I bought a small chest freezer at the beginning of COVID and devised a 90-day food plan centered around a dozen favorite go-to meals. Every couple of months I restock. …

Still Dominates American News Would someone please tell me why a certain name that begins with a T and ends with a rump is on every news outlet, podcast, and talk show almost every day of every week of the year and has been for almost a decade? Inquiring minds…