Introduction: I began these stories at the beginning of Covid-19 Quarantine in the United States. They cover two months, when I travel to Texas to pet-sit for my daughter. My grandchildren are also here in Texas, but their father and stepmother live nearly two hours away, while my daughter is…

What the fuck, people of Twitter? — Elon Musk slapped us all in the face on Day One by posting a conspiracy theory about Nancy Pelosi just days after the brutal attack on her husband Paul. On Day Two, he backhanded us by posting a picture of a Nazi soldier with a crate of messenger pigeons and…

ICU + Massive Car Crash + Deep Freeze … — Introduction: I am republishing this for Pandemic Stories, but it is also stories from the massive car crash, Texas Arctic Freeze and the massive car crash that made national news in February 2021. In the middle of January, 2021 I got an urgent phone call. My daughter Katy had collapsed…

With Several Personal Disclosures — Full disclosure: I could not figure out how the Medium Boost program works, so I turned to my Chatbot. I searched Medium, but I couldn’t find an article that explains Boost well. This is one of the big weaknesses in Medium. Of the tools available to help you figure Medium…

Overheard On Nextdoor Seattle — Neil (North Laurelhurst) April 22, 2023: Today, while walking my dog at around 12:45 PM near the southwest corner of Pullman Ave NE and Princeton Ave NE, I saw a young man, approximately 25–30 years old, drive through the intersection without coming to a complete stop, violating local and state…

Overheard on Nextdoor: Like, Reply, Share — I am super into my Nextdoor community. It started like everyone’s journey in their neighborhood Nextdoor — posts about lost cats, stray dogs, asks for recommendations for a reliable mechanic; arguments in the comments, reports of crime and a LOT of bitching. But I started being nice to all the…

How do I crime thee? Let me count the ways. — In less than ten days former President Trump faces a civil trial following his historic indictment at the Manhattan criminal court. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll alleges Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s and has filed two civil lawsuits accusing him of defamation and battery. The first civil trial…

Floyd wants you to know what is happening on YOUR street — Okay, I admit it. I used to love to scroll the Nextdoor app and engage with my neighbors. The soap opera vibe was too hard to resist. If you don’t know, Nextdoor is the social media platform where your neighbors can share news they think is important, ask for help…

Thursday, March 20, 2023. We are finally here. Twenty-three regular citizens in a Manhattan grand jury heard the evidence, and more than half of them believed there is enough evidence of a crime or crimes to charge Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. …