Please Read Your Own Reviews — Yesterday, for want of anything better to do, I Googled “best free blog editors for windows 2022.” This is something I do from time to time to see if there’s any compelling reason to abandon my current editor (which I’ll get to in a bit). The top four hits all…

Not According to Some Medium Elitists, Anyway — All too frequently I see stories on Medium telling me that I’m not a “serious writer” — whatever the hell that is — because I don’t write my stories by pen or pencil but insist on using my keyboard. These stories try to convince me that I can’t consider myself…

Crafting A Meaningful Life Story — A Book Review For nearly a year I’ve been part of a life review study conducted by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. …

When Will I Ever Learn? — Last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I had a great idea for a story. I was going to grab my iPhone and dictate the basic idea, but it was such an incredibly good idea that I knew I’d remember it in the morning. Satisfied with my decision…

And as Much as I Hate to Admit It, I’m A Morning Person — Six-thirty a.m. is when I usually wake up. It’s either six-thirty or ten a.m. There’s no in-between. And it’s rarely the latter. I’ve tried sleeping in later, but it just doesn’t work. As soon as the clock reads “6:30,” the voices in my head start nagging me. “Time to get…

Don’t Let the Door Hit Your Ass on the Way Out — It’s already happening, and I could have predicted it. I’m referring to the number of rich and famous people who are threatening to leave the United States in the wake of the latest SCOTUS ruling on abortions. If you’re seriously considering doing this, do us all a favor: Don’t come…

It’s a Little One, But to Me, It’s Huge — I do a lot of my writing on my iPhone. When I say, “a lot,” I mean roughly 75% of everything I write. The other 25% is split between my iPad, my Chromebook, and my Windows machine. I get some of my best ideas while I’m waiting for Mr. Coffee…

Several Years Later — Like so many others at the time, we watched the Mt. Saint Helens spectacle on television. We were fascinated by the continuing deterioration of the situation. We were living in Juneau, Alaska, at the time. My wife’s brother and his family were spending the weekend of May 18, 1980, at…

No, really! I Am! — It says so right in my Medium stats, so it must be true. I’ve been writing here since February of 2016, and in that time, I’ve published (counting this one) 595 stories. At times, I’ve even earned enough in a single month to more than pay my monthly dues. Once…