Monday, July 27, 2020

Reflections

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This one is very personal to me. Several years ago, when Mom was just starting to lose her memory, I decided to write for her, on Mother’...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Barbara Rainey: A Life of Love

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My mom passed away today. It’s been a rough one, so for the moment, I will simply post her obituary, which I wrote at her request. Barb...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

Beyond the Gate

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Today was the day to attempt a new geocaching milestone: geocache find # 12,000 . For this outing, the Socially Distanced No Dead Weight ...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

Shooting for 12K

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What do you reckon that old fart is doing up there?! 12,000 geocaches , that is. Team No Dead Weight , consisting of the usual pa...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Wildfire

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Only the Old Fart knows... It’s an old writer’s cliché, but it’s true: I could never write fictional characters horrific enough to com...
Sunday, July 5, 2020

No Dead Weight

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There was no gathering of Team No Dead Weight today, and thus no dead weight on the geocaching trail. Just me. It’s a rare Sunday that...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

South of Heaven: Abyss

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Team No Dead Weight: Old Dude, Scott, Natalie. I just realized these two we...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Go Paddling (Or Don’t)!

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A couple of new geocaches came out on Belews Lake in the past few days, apparently intended to be found by way of the water route...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Ameri-Scares: Ohio: Fear the Grassman!

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GRASSMAN: THE OHIO BIGFOOT ’Tis here! My latest novel in Elizabeth Massie’s   Ameri-Scares  series for young readers from Crossroad...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Chapel Hill Trails

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Another Sunday, another geocaching outing for Team No Dead Weight : friends Diefenbaker (a.k.a. Scott ), Fishdownthestair (a.k....
Friday, June 12, 2020

Listen

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Being a writer of fictions and foolishness of all sorts, I express myself in words, probably too many for some people's l...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

From Clark Poe Road to Jordan Lake Dam

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Team No Dead Weight: Keeping our heads above water It’s been an...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Nightmares in Yellow

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NIGHTMARES IN YELLOW Edited by Duane Pesice Yep, this is going to be one big bunch of stories and poems, all set in the world of The ...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Ghosts of Dark Mountain

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Have you seen the bridge? Where's that confounded bridge? Today...