My not so good, not quite terrible day

The other day I woke up early, a not uncommon occurrence, and flipped on the news. The weather reporter said it was "dense" fog. (dense fog here means less than half a mile visibility. I can remember foggy days in my youth where you could hardly see more than a few yards. Dense is subjective.) …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 14

Chap. 14 Monday morning brought a return to the mundane world.  After the chaos of the previous week and a long weekend spent delving into the supernatural world, the return was almost welcome.  If only it didn’t involve insurance paperwork.  Star glared at the forms she had down loaded from the insurance company’s site.  “I …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 13

Chap. 13 “Robin, check the hot tub,” Star called up the stairs. The Japanese woman paused at the top of the stairs, softly sighed and shook her head.  “I checked it five minutes ago.  It was fine then, I’m sure it is fine now, and it will still be fine when they get here.”  Robin …

I unfriended you

I recently noticed that a friend was no longer showing up on by FB list.  This is someone that I have been friends with for 20 years.  We’d go through spells of hardly talking so inactivity wasn’t uncommon.  We’re also on different sides of the political fence and I had her muted during the height …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 12

Chap. 12 By mutual consent, Friday was declared a “mental health” day.  Star had sent Skylar to the office with a note saying the office was closed while Robin changed the message on the voice mail.  The rest of the night, once the local law enforcement representative was gone, was spent eating pizza, drinking locally …

Parents Have a Fundamental Right to Know What Schools Are Teaching! — The Family Foundation Blog – The Family Foundation

Should parents be barred from providing input on the kinds of curriculum a school offers their children?   This has been an important question for Virginians over the years, and certainly the past sixteen months, as school boards across the state have become the epicenter for parents opposed to teachings incorporating the core tenets of “Critical …

Reblog – What I Saw at My Son’s Middle-School Orientation

BRINKMAN: Sex and Revolution: Middle School Orientation Day, 2021Ideological Propaganda Adorns the Walls of a Northern Virginia Public School by Nathan Brinkman By now, most of us have probably lost count of stories about the culture wars being waged in our nation’s public schools. Whether it’s footage of school boards mired in debates over the …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 11

Chap. 11 Star half sighed and tried to focus on entering the case information, ignoring the desire to call and see how Robin was doing.  Her partner was no child, and usually was capable of taking care of herself, besides Rhea had probably spent the night.  Right now, getting the data on the skip entered …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 10

Chap. 10 Robin watched Mr. Travis go inside, laughing with his son, mentally sighed and started putting the camera away.  In four years as a licensed private investigator, nearly two years as an independent, she’d seen plenty.  Watching a man who was supposed to be on full workers compensation, hardly able to move, playing basketball …

Winds of Desperation – Chap 9

Chap. 9 “You blackmailed him?”  Star stared across the front seat of the Taurus. “Blackmail is such an ugly word.”  Robin smirked.  “I prefer to say I persuaded him by suggesting the probability of a negative reinforcement if he refused to cooperate with us.” “That is the very definition of blackmail, Robin.” Robin laughed and …