• No Calls

    The worst flu of the year came back. I had to battle nurses and insurance companies to get care today, and I am taking no calls as I try to heal up.

  • Park Day

    Thanks to the park fitness club for not being mad at me today after I was late. I was sick, but felt better by later in the day. I was feeling better, but got bad symptoms again that night. This flu season no one smells like roses.

  • No Contact

    No one contact me this weekend. I have had a bad flu for the past few days, and have gone to the doctor for care.

  • Sad Story 2

    It was horrible news that a truck killed one of my Texas friends this week on I-35. It made me very homesick to visit Texas. They were a friend from Elysium in Austin I knew from my student years when I graduated University. I have loved spending time with my family in Virginia, and lunches…

  • The Voice

    Nini on The Voice NBC was great tonight.

  • Bike Kick

    The problem with being on a bike kick is it is hard to do in winter.

  • Biden Changes Sexual Assault Laws 2023

    By Andrea E. Menzies When I was a 92A rank E4 in the Army I was sexually assaulted. A tactic constantly used by abusers is to say the victim was “bad” and “immoral” and “deserved” pain to discredit the witness. I am single now in part because I will never date a military man due…

  • Church Breakfast

    After church breakfast with my family after Thanksgiving at McDonald’s.

  • Thanksgiving Dinner

    By Andrea Menzies Thanksgiving Dinner with the family. My daughter is visiting from out of town to dinner.

  • Bikes and Environment

    A great article on e-bikes and the environment. I have had e-bikes before, and am getting a new one soon. Amazon has many bike to e-bike conversion kits that are amazing. I am a person who has had asthma since I was a kid so the air pollution scares me. 5 dollar gas some years…