Coelacanth..and other vanishings

Back in the Jurassic Era(2001), when I was constantly bombarded with PEOPLE & STUFF (born of people) and I would go home to EVEN MORE STUFF (and people) the thing I most longed for was… quiet.  And it always made… Continue Reading

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet     Well, yes.  There is that.  But once you hear (or see) something named it’s difficult to separate the thing from… Continue Reading

Comfort Zone

Hey, my beloved Posse!  Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about their Comfort Zone – usually in conjunction with something being ‘outside’ that zone.  Remember the Very Inappropriate Man?  Lordt Floyd!!!! – that was the least attractive… Continue Reading

Some Changes

Posse.  Let’s talk about Some Changes.  What is it about human nature that causes us to be more interested in negative changes than positive (or neutral)?  We (the ubiquitous ‘we’) love to know about divorces/fights/arrests/dramadamaDramaLlamaMama Drama/etc… but rarely (okay EVER)… Continue Reading

Fruit Leathers

Posse!… it’s January in the Midwest.  Leather Weather, right?  Welll..Not So Fast.  Here’s the thing: in the deep depths of Winter the ‘typical’ leathers, those heavy hitters like the Cuir de Russies (alladem) Mme. Laurent’s Treizieme Heures (yikes!!!) and the brutal,… Continue Reading