Rich Paschall

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There’s no way around it. I was not good with money, so in retirement I am not exactly where I wanted or hoped to be. That doesn’t mean I’m unhappy with my life. I’ve had a lot of fun, adventure, and a pretty good career. Both life and career were different than anything I imagined. I became a writer — which I did plan and wanted — then fell into technical writing because, against all logic and…

Wednesday RDP – FEAST We aren’t big eaters these days. A feast can be laid out on the table, but we merely nibble around the edges. I’m surprised when I meet an elderly but really fat person because generally, appetite diminishes with the years. My son, just approaching 50, eats half as much as he did a few years ago. Dining We eat maybe half as much as we did two or three years ago, which is…

The Proof by Rich Paschall They say the proof is in the pudding. I didn’t find any. All I got was sticky fingers from looking through the pudding. No, I don’t mean the Rolling Stones’ album. I mean real sticky fingers. bowl Then I thought we should just eat the pudding. All that proved was I liked the vanilla better than the chocolate. The vanilla was good; the chocolate was more like…

We slipped away to visit friends in Kennebunkport, Maine. They don’t live there. They’re actually Californians who come annually to visit the rest of the family who live on this coast. I wasn’t sure we were going until the last minute. I didn’t feel well, but I knew Garry badly wanted to go, and I had a feeling I was going to like these people. I was right. I did. They liked me, I liked them, we…

Editor’s note: Has anything changed since Tome presented this 4 years ago? Methinks not. You can’t use the word “p#rn” on Google because, as everyone knows, Google is so carefully regulated and selective about who publishes on their site, one need never worry about what one might see there. It’s the word, NOT the subject of the writing that is at issue. Do they have any human beings who know how…

Blogging Insights NF # 49 – “Stick-to-it-ive-ness” ” The difference between writers who finish books and those who don’t– is that the finishers don’t stop writing until they get to: THE END.” – Brian Hutchinson, author of Writer’s Doubt. That’s true for most things, isn’t it? Completing a task is the point of the job, right? Is it more true for writers than for other workers? No matter what…

CFFC: Monochrome I’ve always loved taking pictures of gates and fences. There are so many different shapes and materials. Some are merely decorative while others are formidable, intended to keep the world away. This is all about Fences and Gates, from a barbed wire fence to a fence that forms a fortress. Most of our local fences are simple. Wood and wire or just wood. To keep the cows in the…

Share Your World 10th August-ish Melanie is temporarily absent, so this week, Pensitivity has filled in. Melanie, I hope you are okay. Or will be. Soon. And the questions are: When you’re on holiday, do you prefer self-catering or a hotel/B&B? At this point, I like a nice dinner out, and otherwise, self-catering. But hey, if the place includes brunch, who am I to argue? Just don’t set it for…

In case you missed it a few weeks ago on the SERENDIPITY website, Democracy has been cancelled. The details follow. The Slow and Deliberate Authoritarian March, by Rich Paschall The orange king has taken to the airwaves to ask you to believe something that has long since been disproved. Multiple investigations and court cases have shown that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Not wanting to…