This Week in COVID

This is Dr. Paul Klotman’s COVID Update for Week 111 of the COVID Apocalypse. For those who will challenge my characterization of this pandemic as […]

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Democracy in Abeyance

Today’s Merriam Webster Dictionary app’s word of the day is abeyance. I first learned this word October 2, 1989. Why would I remember this specific […]

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Dinner Porn

Tonight’s meal was a grilled, boneless ribeye accompanied by medallions of Mexican calabaza and yellow squash.

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Bâtard

It’s the French word for bastard, illegitimate child, or whoreson (a word that I learned today.) With the draft SCOTUS majority opinion that reverses Roe […]

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Lizard Love

It’s that time of year when life seeks to amplify itself in anticipation of challenges that might seek to decimate it later in the year. […]

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Tonight in Food Porn

Susan prepared a Lamb Vindaloo for tonight’s supper. We had Naan, and I had some Mango Pickle. It was all quite yummy. The bed for […]

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Storm Cats

Decades ago, I had friends who had a gray hurricane tabby. They named him Stormy. He was a nice cat. Out cats, Kedi and Maia, […]

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Succulents

Some afternoons I just want to sit on the deck and enjoy the company of a succulent.

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Butterfly in the Sky

You may remember this as the first line of the theme song for the PBS children’s program Reading Rainbow. Decades ago, our young child watched […]

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