Category: lifestyle

A Monsoon Struck; Lyrics of a Song Sung by Ella Fitzgerald; The Sun Shone For Me Yesterday Resulting in a Disposition of My Accumulated Wealth; Uplifting Defined; Marin Employment Rate Excels; Off to Marin JCC with Marin IJ Plastic Sleeve on Arm; Parasite Defined and Illustrated; Me No Marin Matron: Two Funny Cartoons

Look back to the September 16,2021 blog wherein there is a discussion of the Longfellow poem, the concept of Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall. Suddenly recall that there is a song by that…

It is Time for Some Humor and We Have Andy Back with Us; My Fame Technique Revealed; Meeting With Hamid, a Muslim Tomorrow; First They Come for Vaccines; Fantastic News Straight From the Marin IJ to You (via Me); I Made the Day for Brittany and Hamid; Santora Has Great News for All in Marin; Two Funny New Yorker Cartoons

Do realize that things have become a bit serious of late, what with the incarceration and maiming injury to my arm. My technique, which is obviously working, is humor and when people get tired of…

I am on a Writing Spree so Several Blogs in a Row on Different Topics, Striving to be Upbeat All the Time Not Negative; Late Breaking News on the Middle East (and Alexis); Level Playing Field Defined: Qatar Achieving Extremely Fine Vaccination Rates; Possible Competition Between Dubai and Qatar; Conversation with My New Internist; Conversation Between Me and My Alter Ego; Photograph of Newly Bandaged Hand and Cover of Uncle Dave Book

I am on a writing spree. Spree is a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind. That is me at the moment. I have chased away some evil in my life…

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall; This From a Poem of Longfellow: Wish I Were a Poet Instead of a Prose Person, Message Sent to hhshkmodfan Receiving No Response, Nor to Another; Notes On Being Incarcerated in a Loony Bin; Appalling Photo of the Damage Inflicted by Officer Mendes of the Central Marin Police Department; Nurse Born in Saudi Arabia With My Name (Alix); Praises from a Social Worker; False Accusers Name is Amanda; Much on Instagram Where I am alexismctwit

Well, I have weathered a rain storm, which would be great if it really happened because there is a drought in these parts (although my iPhone says that it will rain on Sunday, maybe). So…

Morning Rituals Performed After A Night of Extreme Sleep; Typing Sleep in Search Engine of Blog Reveals June 25,2020 Wisdoms; A Repeat of Sleep Research from Blog; Grow Hair On Your Chest as Idiom and In Practice Revealed; Great Day Yesterday With Highlights; New Abaya Arrives; Made New Friends at JCC to Travel With; Expo 2020 Later; New Nickname for a Man; Girlfriend! Photo of Book and Reminder of Book

Faithful readers will know that I have established a new morning ritual. The night before the iPhone alarm is programed to 6:15, it then clamors, it is found and then turned off. The iPhone serves…

To Dream The Impossible Dream; A Woman Covered With Scars Strove With Courage; Giving Up the Impossible Dream of the Dryburgh Abbey Wedding; Living Near the Equator Only Possible With Air Conditioning and Abayas; Absolutely Amazing Statistics; Post Card of Aerial Shot of Dryburgh Abbey

For some unknown reason that song kept singing to me yesterday. . So, of course, I had to Google it. Discovered this: “The song talks about following your dreams that seem like they would never…

More on Macho Men and Vaccinations; Weird Defined; Profile of Two Vaccinated Hispanic Men; How to Deal with Machismo Men: What Do Women Want: To Ride or Not to Ride, That is the Question; Means, Method and Opportunity Examined; Idiom Ball in Your Court Explained; Craziness in Both San Francisco and Calgary; More from Spotswood

Definitely had more to say about the tantalizing subject of macho men but the word count in the prior blog was in the stratosphere so I took command and sent it off to the UK…

Who Or Whom Am I Writing For; Why Am I Writing; Well at Least I Am ; Insular Defined; The Marin Independant Journal Addresses the Issue of Vaccinations; Xenophobic a Favorite Word; For Alexis a Man’s Brain is Erogenous: The Fate of a Former Multibillionaire Who Had the Misfortune of Meeting Alexis; Macho Man Defined and Ridiculed; Photograph of a Vaccination Pin and An Upbeat Message

Usually it just comes to me, a topic or an idea and I am off and running and before I know it the word count is over a thousand and off the thing goes to…

A Normal Day in the Life of Alexis During Which She Meets and Makes Two New Women Friends; One New Friend Born in Saskatchewan (Honestly); A Privilege to be Able to Assist The Other Friend; Humdrum Defined and Illustrated; Sky and Max Come to the Rescue and Provide Laughs and TikTok Assistance; Photo of Ikebana Flower Arrangement on Patio

In many ways I live a normal, rather humdrum life. Humdrum, an adjective, is lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous: Never have I seen so many synonyms: mundane, dull, dreary, boring, tedious, monotonous, banal, ho-hum,…