What a truck has to say about the place and the person who drives it When living in Columbia, Missouri, I observed that there were two types of truck owners. The suburbanites who, for some odd reason, had to drive a truck. Then there were the people who made their living using the truck as…
The Book Publisher Scam
I love to write and, like most writers, have found it challenging to get the word out. It is rather easy to write something and “publish” it. I do it all the time. I have my own website, a Substack account and even a trial story posted on Kindle. Gosh – I am “publishing.” But…
The End is Nigh for Windows
Alas, I have started something that I cannot finish. During the summer and fall of 2024 I embarked on a project that would be first published in December 2024 called The Windows Chronicles. My objective was to explore Windows 10. My intention was to divide out all the background processes, analyze them, determine their value,…
Animals on Rachel’s Prairie
The Missouri countryside is teeming with wild animals. Deer are seen almost daily around here. Over the years you will see a wide range of animals. Unfortunately, mostly as road kill. Over the decades I have had some interesting encounters with wild animals. Coyote Canis latrans Ever since I was a child I recall hearing…
Birds of Alaska
Several years ago I fell off the deep end and picked up bird watching as a hobby. While I was always interested in birds, I often stereotyped bird enthusiasts as nerdy, walking down trails with binoculars around their neck, some bedecked with $2,000 cameras with lenses so big a person could barely balance them (thus…




