The sun came out for a short while today and I could feel my mood lift. This is how I was feeling. Here in the greater Chicago area it’s not difficult to feel down and out. The gray clouds and… more →
A Gripping Lifewrote 1 month ago: The sun came out for a short while today and I could feel my mood lift. This is how I was feeling. … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The airport is a great place to make observations. I was recently there, standing at my gate, waitin … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Cheaters Never Win – More Importantly, They’re Never Happy I was thinking about all the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: M U S I C M O N D A Y ON S A T U R D A Y CENTRAL PARK 1978 It was July 11, 1978, at a concer … more →
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wrote 3 months ago: I drove to the storage unit this morning to look for some documentation that I had packed away. I pa … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Welcome to the Day After…Yes, the Day After Thanksgiving, known in some circles as Black Frida … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I’m the sort of person who personifies pretty much everything. What can you say about a person … more →
wrote 6 months ago: A potpourri of Christmas treasures The photo above depicts my office a few years ago. In the final … more →
wrote 6 months ago: If I had my druthers, I would curl up in a bed like this today…and just vegetate. Instead I … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I snapped the photo above…I seldom take shots from the other side of this room, and … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Today I’m enjoying a cozy weekend. It’s cool outside, and I had the patio door o … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been having a great day of lazing around the house this morning, playing with my n … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I launched the weekend by having lunch at this fairly new restaurant in our neighborhood. I must sa … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I decided it was time to lighten the mood over here at, A Gripping Life, since I’ve been incr … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I just did something that I haven’t done in two months. I exercised. I was really getting disg … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I have a theory. I believe that WordPress is like high school and that people who blog return to the … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Recently I started thinking about the women in my life who made impressions on me during my formativ … more →
wrote 9 months ago: This week and last, I have vicariously enjoyed traveling around London and Paris. Here are some Sat … more →