2025.12.31

Reflecting Back & Moving Forward If you hadn’t noticed, my bLOG schedule has been disrupted for the past several months. Some of you have missed the routine of reading HitchHiker bLOG (Tuesdays), Something to Think About (Fridays), TANKA Toyin’ (Sundays), and even the musings of Godzilla and deliveries from The Flying Scotsman. So let me […]

2025.12.12

Welcome to FONT WARS! I was thumbing through the news feed the other day, and an article caught my eye; it was about FONTS. But it wasn’t people discussing the differences and nuances of Arial, Helvetica, Aptos, etc., but about the font to be used on official governmental documentation. Apparently, there was a change in […]

2025.12.05

Let me introduce you to Francis. He has peacefully stood in our yards in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for 18 years. Now he dwells in the White Mountains. I’m glad I brought him with us. Francis’ real name is Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, but most know him as Francis of Assisi. One of the […]

2026.12.02

Yesterday, I had a dentist appointment and had to drive 21 miles for the “pleasure” of teeth-scraping and buffing because that’s where the closest dentist on my plan is. While there, “J” and I ran a few errands since we were in “the big city” of West Lebanon (population 14000). It was 3pm on cyber-Monday, […]

2025.11.10

TOYIN’ The LORD gave commands Love God with heart, soul, mind, strength Love neighbor as self Love one another added Now go commit Love-Mischief! “Love-Mischief” – an original TANKA by HitchHiker inspired by a class assignment.

2025.11.05

The Path Hanging over my fireplace is a painting my dad bought for my mom when I was a kid. It is one of many painted by a lady who worked at the little liquor store at the bottom of Diamond Hill. My mom loved Carol’s landscapes and had a few, with two of them […]

2025.10.31

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 1 Peter 5:8-9 On this Halloween edition, the good folks at biblegateway.com want us to […]