Archive for September 2026

Just a few Odds and Ends from the last couple of weeks. What I’ve been doing – I spent this weekend in Oklahoma for the annual reunion with a group of people I’ve known since we were all freshman in college. This event started about fifteen years ago. We get together on an away weekend for…

I think I was about ten when Grandmommie taught me to embroider. We went to TG&Y, to the department that was called Notions, to get me some pillowcases with a pattern stamped on the cuff. We also picked out embroidery thread, needles and an embroidery hoop. By age twelve I was working on a large project…

If you ask Google, “why do people write?”, the AI overview provides a list of reasons. Some are internally focused such as processing emotions, finding clarity, healing, reflecting. Many people write poetry, short stories, entire novels for their own pleasure with no intent of ever showing any of it to anyone else. Some people write…