ICU + Massive Car Crash + Deep Freeze … Three More Texas Stories — In the middle of January, I got an urgent phone call. My daughter Katy had collapsed and was in critical conditon at Baylor Scott White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas. If you follow me, you know my daughter is an RN who has been working as a travel nurse…

It’s no wonder rural Trump voters hate the libs. Michigan United for Liberty at the steps of the capital in Michigan protesting stay-at-home orders, May 14, 2020. Alamy stock photo When white militia groups began showing up in this election, when we were all shocked at how 70 million Americans could still vote for Trump despite a chaotic, scandal-ridden…

I hadn’t eaten since six the night before, and it was now three in afternoon, the next day. I was starving. The kind of hungry where you suddenly realize your blood sugar has dropped to somewhere around minus zero, and the world starts to tilt. It is still the pandemic…

But you aren’t going to break up You and your cat have a dysfunctional relationship. You know it, your cat knows it. The power imbalance is real. You are bigger, true, but you are not smarter, mentally stronger, or more devious, and Kitty knows this. Is Kitty buying your food…

WE ALL GOT OMICRON FOR CHRISTMAS January 2022 I, my daughter and three grandchildren all came down with Covid over the holiday. How do we know it was the Omicron variant? Because everyone is getting it and it is sweeping through the country. The doctors all said yes, that is the most likely case — Omicron. …

Romance Mystery for lovers of romance and mystery. If you follow me on Medium or Quora, you might know that my daughter Katy is an ICU nurse who collapsed working the frontlines of the pandemic last January. She was brought in to the ER unreponsive, intubated and hypothermic. She was hypothermic because she collapsed leaving a restaurant after her night shift, and lay on the ground for eight hours or more before someone saw her. The weather in Waco was mild that night or she would have died right then.

Bugs, Bears and the Occasional Serial Killer It is September, and a gorgeous Northwest weekend is coming up. Perfect 75-degree weather, with mild nights. My friends and I are drinking margaritas and eating flautas on the patio of Chupacabra, admiring Mt. Rainier, rising clear and majestic in the near distance…

Lemon Pepper Garlic Chicken and a Cautionary Tale or Two TRIGGER WARNING: Somehow along the way this recipe started sounding lewd and went downhill, like when you say “That’s what she said” after every step. Say it to yourself at the appropriate times. Contains childish adult themes and language. …