Author Archives: journeysofabentmind

  We’re continuing in our downsizing for our move – I’m actually including in this downsizing all the repairs that have come out of the home inspection as prep for putting the house on the market – The inspection gave … Continue reading →

Still working on the downsizing for our move come mid-March – yesterday spent the afternoon with my grandson Casey and granddaughter Teiya as they mainly helped clean up our downstairs basement – Because of my ticker I was conscious of … Continue reading →

Barbara and I moved here from our Berkeley home of 42 years on June 30, 2007, and after our Berkeley home sold in November we made a bid on the Panorama Drive home here – We met the asking price … Continue reading →

We’ve been on the waitlist at Cascade Manor, a Continuing Care Retirement Community, since last spring with the possible move in early fall, Septemberish or so – we were accepted and decided because of the pandemic we’d postpone our move … Continue reading →

All social media, including Facebook, is at once wonderful and evil at the same time. Good things happen on it, and sharing those add to a richer life of interconnection. But, bad things occur as well, and sometimes it is … Continue reading →

My family in Japan lived in the Hiroshima prefecture and was a farming family – We had been there for a very long time – I have a family tree document of multiple pages in extensive Japanese characters outlining the … Continue reading →

There are times in any given day when my mind just wanders and I enter an altered state. Sometimes it’s on purpose as I look to figure out a wordplay for a Dad Joke, but other times it’s a subtle … Continue reading →

I love words that sound the same, but are spelled differently, e.g. – your, yore, you’re; and those that are spelled the same, but have alternative pronunciations or meanings, e.g. – lead the metal, and lead the verb…

  During all this fuss and craziness with the coronavirus pandemic, there are those who reject science who have criticized and ridiculed Dr. Fauci for making definitive statements about the disease, and in a few weeks changing his mind and … Continue reading →

This year has been something else altogether – Mainly dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and all that has involved, meaning self-isolating, wearing masks, social-distancing, and finding ways to keep our sanity amidst all the alone time this has required – … Continue reading →