"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
I’m sure other bloggers get pitches like this all the time: I’m __________, owner of ___________.org. Since noticing you’ve accepted guest posts on pwoodford.net in the past, I wondered if you’d extend me the opportunity to also write a guest post for your website. If so I will research and compose an original article specifically […]
It’s been overcast, rainy, and gloomy outside since I rolled out of bed this morning. The payoff came a few minutes ago with this, the first sunlight of the day … and just in time for sunset! I’m told there’s snow higher up on the Santa Catalinas, but from where we live it’s still hidden […]
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books. Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings was challenged in Canton, Michigan in 1987 on the grounds that the book “details the teachings of the religion of Buddhism in such a way that the reader could very likely embrace its teachings and choose […]
“Mr. Durukan, if God is dead then everything is conspiracy.” — Ian McDonald, The Dervish House We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van Buren A tell-all expose of American mismanagement of the reconstruction of Iraq. The author is a career foreign […]
When I started conducting walking tours at the Pima Air & Space Museum a few months ago, I quickly realized I’d talk myself hoarse if I didn’t overcome a certain egotistical reluctance to use a portable voice amplifier and speaker. The museum had two but they were big heavy things, each one powered by eight […]
We adopted a second dachshund yesterday. Her name is Maxie. We think she’s a year or so younger than Schatzi. The dog was originally a boyfriend’s pet. Maxie (full name Maxine) wound up with the girlfriend, who is the daughter of our friend Lorri, moving from apartment to apartment (five in the last year alone), […]
No, I didn’t remember our anniversary one day late … I just didn’t get around to mentioning it here until the next day. There is a difference, right? God, so young, so scared! Well, here we are 46 years later, and it’s still scary if we think about too hard, so we mostly don’t. Except […]