Happy Birthday à moi!!! Simone Friday, October 07, 2022 I was born 59 years ago today, in 1963. That same year, Harvey Ball created the yellow smiley fac… Read more
Welcome October! Simone Monday, October 03, 2022 It's October! October is here! My month of increasing power! Inexplicable powers, including pos… Read more
Reactions to NASA'S success at hitting the asteroid Dimorphos Simone Friday, September 30, 2022 Read more
Untethered Planets Simone Monday, September 19, 2022 As it happens the wanderers, vagabonds and drifters who roam our earth's surface have kindred … Read more
Un Petit Cafe Simone Friday, June 24, 2022 There's a cafe inside my mind I go there now and again well okay, fairly often okay okay, eve… Read more
Not Safe to Drive -- Ode to a 98 Ford Contour Pt. 2 Simone Friday, March 25, 2022 I've been driving my mom's 98 Ford Contour because my daughter's car crapped out on he… Read more
Sideburns Simone Tuesday, February 15, 2022 To hair is human. A "Simone Beyond" production. Music is a sample of Gary … Read more
I've got winter survival down to a tea Simone Friday, January 28, 2022 I drink a lot of tea during the winter Read more
Ode to a 98 Ford Contour Simone Friday, January 14, 2022 I'm driving my mom's 98 Ford Contour because my daughter's car crapped out on her and … Read more
Winter Beer Report - What I'm Drinkin' Best beer for these dark, frigid nights (and days!) is Northern Lights IPA from Free State Brewery, based in Lawrence, … Keep reading
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr Day You know, several years ago, I was in New York City autographing the first book that I had written. And while sitting t… Keep reading
Drew Carey Finds Secret To Life On Price Is Right When Drew Carey was interviewed on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS, he shared surprising revelations gleaned from his host… Keep reading
Mystery Stone I enountered this large-ass stone sitting in a weird place. (Another anomaly found on one of my morning walks, like the… Keep reading
I Embrace Lard Yes, this is a jar full of lard. Honest-to-goodness lard, from a farm. In this winter of my discontent, I am going with… Keep reading
Griping About the Cold I know it's not even February yet but I feel entitled to bitch about this bitch-ass cold. We've had day after d… Keep reading