The Hurrier I Go, The Behinder I Get! 

by analytics@squidxmedia.com | Feb 23, 2024 | blogs

…And I thought that these days, my pace would be a bit more leisurely…Ha! Fat Chance! This edition of Random Thoughts will be all over the place, hopefully with a nugget or two unearthed herein. I also am going to try to ‘Morse Code’ it; that is, spray...

I have a substance abuse problem &it’s called ‘reading’

by analytics@squidxmedia.com | Jan 23, 2024 | blogs, books, happy new year, reading

  Hello all! Happy New Year! Hope it’s a good one for everyone. That’s my plan.I turned 74 a few days ago. Amazes me. And too, I am grateful. I have lived well and been blessed with more gifts than I can count, though I do try to count them often. I have also...

Wrapping up 2023

by analytics@squidxmedia.com | Dec 21, 2023 | blogs

These will be brief. The clock is ticking. There are things to be done. Things to be savored.Even as I have happily admitted over the past many months to an ever-growing sense of calm and serenity, the world and nation are still a very much roiled up place and their...

The Season of Hibernation and Self-Reflection Has Arrived

by analytics@squidxmedia.com | Nov 2, 2023 | blogs

The cold weather has come. It is a time of tucking in. The World Series, the Autumn Classic has ended. The rapaciously, gleefully gathered Halloween is now hidden away from sibling and parental sneaking and thieving. It becomes a quieter time. Bigger holidays are...

21 Questions For Vernon

by analytics@squidxmedia.com | Oct 13, 2023 | blogs

I think we all see this sort of thing in newspapers and magazines all the time. I saw one recently in the New York Times. So, I am copycatting.Q: What is your first memory?A: Standing up in the front seat of my Daddy’s car (Look Ma! No seatbelts!)-listening to the Tar...