September 2023

Does anyone remember McGruff the Crime Dog? I wonder why they chose “gruff” as his name. I only thought of him because the word “boorish” had been pounding through my head this morning. Boorish. Boorish. It doesn’t mean dull and uninteresting. That would be bore-ish. Or the other bore-ish might describe someone who always goes […]

Sometimes, these two cross my mind for no apparent reason. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. I have no connections to this story. At least, none that I am aware of. Perhaps in another life, I was a friend. Maybe I was one of them. Or maybe there is no such thing as past lives, and this

Things can be quite interesting when you stop and take a look. Like Presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Those two battled it out in the election of 1912, even though Roosevelt had handpicked Taft as his successor just four years earlier. I’ll tell you this quirky thing. When you look at the “ratings”

Taking the day off from the blog. And on to other things. Like knitting little booties for centipedes to wear in the winter time. So. Yeah.   In the mean time, Happy Labor Day.  Here is to all those who labor.  “””””””””””””””” “This above all: to thine own self be true.”– William Shakespeare “””””””””””””””” “What

I really don’t like to mispronounce things. It happens, though. We simply can’t all know that “chic” sounds like the sheek. And not a baby chicken. And it isn’t a party if you say gal-uh. It should be GAY-la. Gala. I could go on with this list. But the name game is the one I

We all have one. That birthday. That day where we became a true, bona fide human being. When our little butts got smacked with our first passport stamp. Mine was Dayton, Ohio. Welcome to Earth, Baby Girl Kronenberger. So happy birthday to you—and you and you. I wonder how many of us have the same