It was late afternoon when I got home. Three young people were walking away from the house next door. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. There they were, all three of them, standing in the blazing afternoon sun. It was oppressively hot. As it turned out, they were selling AT&T cell phone plans. Now, […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
4 Days To Home
Tue, 4 Aug 2026, 10:33 PM (-06:00)
We drove four days from Michigan to Texas. We prefer to go slowly mostly on two-lane roads. That makes for long days — made even longer by our leisurely wake-up/breakfast way of starting the days. Long days mean we spend no time exploring the parks, but we did a bit of that on our northward […]
You Mean?
Mon, 3 Aug 2026, 07:25 PM (-06:00)
some time in the last year or two… “What do you mean you don’t hear words in your head?”, she asked. “What do you mean, What do you mean?” The two of them sat for a moment, and then he turned to look at her. “Do you?” he asked. “Of course. I’ve always thought everyone […]
Evidence of Fox
Sun, 2 Aug 2026, 11:45 AM (-06:00)
For the fourth or fifth time of the night, Izzy shook. Her collar and tags rattled from the living room. She’s been doing this ever since we returned from the north — needing to go out several times in the night. Having left it to the fair and industrious Trudy to take her out the […]
What He Told Us
Sat, 18 Jul 2026, 09:42 PM (-06:00)
“Have you seen the pond when it’s drained?” he asked. “Drained?” His eyes went wide, and he held his hands up. “Oh. Well do I ever have some things to tell you!” We had returned to Mammoth Spring, having stopped here on our way north two summers ago. We had just taken a selfie when […]
Smoke on the Water
Sat, 18 Jul 2026, 08:10 PM (-06:00)
The view from the hill on the lake as the northern forests burn.
Putting the A in AI
Tue, 14 Jul 2026, 11:45 AM (-06:00)
The original prompt: How can I make the height of a row in a tabularray table the minimum possible size? It’s a simple question. Finding an answer is not. This is where AI tools shine brightly. Old-school online search would lead to dead-ends, consume a lot of time, and only maybe reveal an answer. The […]
White River Morning
Fri, 10 Jul 2026, 09:12 AM (-06:00)
Breakfast is over. We have no place to be. We gave ourselves three luxurious nights beside the White River this year — the journey is the journey. The morning fog is gone. Boats of fishermen labor up river against the swift current and then drift swiftly back. The water level is up — the corps […]