Happy holiHORRORdays, my Lovelies and Gentlefolk !

S'been awhile & hoping everything's been well for all of you... I know I've been busy on multiple fronts w/ only this and next week settling quiet for a bit.

This past weekend I was w/o heat for part of it ( a downstairs neighbour's ignorance led to a pipe bursting )...
BUT it led to my having a ( Read more... )

We're mere days from what may be the craziest, most negative, and arguably the most dangerous election I've seen in my lifetime ( Read more... )

what a weird ride it's been since I the PD Rsrv training began back in late April & the 1st medical visit in 33yrs back in May...
But FINALLY that will-I/won't-I game is done and I can soon start volunteering, patrolling and serving my community

all this for ~100hrs a year volunteering ? yes - and because I had promised someone I'd look into my ( Read more... )

1)Ah, autumn/fall... what good things can I say about you ( Read more... )

Heritage vs Nationality...
I'm unsure how it's become a debate when it's fairly simple and straightforward...
for example :
I was born in the US of US parentage and therefore my nationality *IS* American
my ancestry is an amalgam of Polish/German/French Canadian/Irish - this is my heritageI define myself largely by my nationality, not my heritage, ( Read more... )

to begin, here's a little something I wrote on my b'day ::

51"...it's like this haunted sort of feeling, wondering to oneself ( Read more... )

Didn't get as much done as expected/desired this long Independence Day weekend, but it felt good to relax for a bit, too.

and only a week and a couple days until my next ... and final for the year ... vacation ( Read more... )

I'm off work until Jul 1st - packing and prepping for the annual Grand York this week, which I'm looking forward to ( Read more... )

This year's been going by so exceedingly fast... faster yet since those temps dropped and we got hit with true MN wintertide * sighs ( Read more... )

S'been busy yet not overly busy this wintertide thus far...
have my vaca schedule (finally!) set for Apr-Aug ::
Apr Th11th - Fri19th (incl Gr Ldge 12th & 13th )
Jun W26th - Fri28th (incl Gr York 27th, 28th, & 29th )
Jul Tu16th - W24thunfortunately it appears any car rental will be a possible problem again, so may not be any out-of-state travel... ( Read more... )