• Month: April 2025

    “Dye, egg! Dye!”

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    “Dye, egg! Dye!”

    I woke this Easter morning to a beautiful spring day to the sounds of birds chirping in the backyard and light jazz wafting from the sunroom into the house along with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. This would not be an atypical Sunday morning because my wife usually wakes before me so that she can do yoga, which I believe is a little dude from “Star Wars.” Usually, this jazz is from one of those YouTube streams on the television where they play bossa nova jazz — or whatever relaxing music you prefer — against the backdrop of drone […]

    Saved by the smell

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    Saved by the smell

    So far, the year 2025 has been about as enjoyable as a soggy Vegemite-and-onion sandwich. It stinks, has stunk, and there’s more stinkiness in the forecast. Not that I’ve inhaled all the stinkiness that 2025 has had to offer … so far. I can’t inhale it all because my sinuses are clogged with about half of Georgia’s record-setting pollen. Spring never bothered me before, but this year it’s making up for giving me a half-century pass on allergies. Apparently, Trump’s not the only one on a vengeance tour — so is Mother Nature. I know that I need to stop […]