Pauline’s Pieces — Updated Through: 1/31/2023 My cats told me it is time for Mommy to sort through her stories and organize them. They said updating twice a month is good for now. Cats rule.

Generally, I am a creature of habit. I wake up and go to sleep at about the same time every day. Occasionally, that rule will bend this way and that. What helps is that I am retired and am not required to be somewhere at a specific time every day. …

I Was on Fire — I love to write. I have a morning routine where I make coffee, set out our vitamins and medicines, feed the cats, and then I jump, with enthusiasm, into my desk chair in the study and write. What I did this morning, though, was slightly different. In the old days…

Wanting Something Else? — I know the seemingly noxious snubs we have endured from the uncaring (to us anyway) Medium powers that be and the mysterious algorithms that seem to make, what at one time were exciting stats into what now are stinking stats; there is light at the end of the tunnel. It’s…

Just Reminiscing — This morning I remembered pet rocks. Do you remember them? I think it would probably make you old. I’m old. Why can’t you be old if you remember them too? There is nothing at all wrong with being old. …

Write it Down Before You Forget — I have a habit now of making small notes about ideas to explore further on paper. When I was working, I did not do that, but now, with my age upon me, I feel it is necessary. Right now, the recording is half-assed. A Post-It note or a scrap of…

Let’s Move On — It’s funny how things will come to you sometimes. I was watching a YouTube video with Patti Best, better known as Yaya. She’s making biscuits, and it’s like standing next to her while she works. I would highly recommend that folks give her a listen. I learned about her through…

Did You Win? — What if we played a game where everybody won? Growing up and certainly well into my adulthood that has not ever, not once, been the case. One person won. Everybody else lost. They were defeated. …