A More Positive Perspective

Culmination of the Quest: Search for the Perfect Hot and Sour Soup

Jun 24, 2021 | Food & Cooking

Has a 40-year-long quest for the PERFECT hot and sour soup come to an end, finally – in MY kitchen?

Little Prompts for People Who Think They Can’t Write a Poem

Jun 2, 2021 | Poetry

A poem or two, found in my back yard.

man walking near cubicles inside building

Social Compost (an Abecedarian Poem)

Apr 1, 2021 | Poetry

“The abecedarian is an ancient poetic form guided by alphabetical order. Generally each line or stanza begins with the first letter of the alphabet and is followed by the successive letter, until the final letter is reached.” (From https://poets.org/glossary/abecedarian

I’m Confused by Facebook’s “Fact Checkers”

Feb 23, 2021 | Op-Ed

I do appreciate friends who keep me honest on those rare occasions when I post utter rubbish on Facebook. It happens to us all, sometimes, assuming we’re breathing. This wasn’t one of those times.

gray and black typewriter pot with green leaf plants

A Little Trip Down Memory Lane

Feb 9, 2021 | Blogging & Other Internet Oddities, Social Media, Writing

I was invited – tagged by Ming Qian of Ming Writes to travel back in time and share some blogging memories. Who here is up for a game of #BloggingNostalgiaTag? You? Great! You’re IT!

Answer Incoming Call from Lock Screen Samsung Galaxy Android

Oct 27, 2020 | Writing

I like to think that my own writing is as scattered and niche-less as my search engine queries. But that’s not what you want, is it?
Well, here’s a treat for you Samsung Galaxy Note 20 users, and a handy table of contents for some of the rest of you!

Netiquette in the Nineties

Sep 14, 2019 | Technical & How-To

Do we really need to regulate the minutiae of human interaction? Or is it enough to warn of the bigger pitfalls – social gaffes that might well start a war?