Coastal Notes

little bits of this and that

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  • Losing Touch

    Today I almost got scammed on eBay. Fortunately I caught the scam in process and got my money back. The really bad news is that there’s no repercussion for the would-be scammer because there is no way to file a complaint with eBay because I “successfully” dealt with the issue directly with the Seller. By Read more

  • CATCHING UP

    [Ed Note: I have been informed my previous posts may be housing GSP errors (grammar, spelling, punctuation). *sigh* no doubt. I will endeavor to review and correct, but the point of my exercise is more creative than editorial, and so no promises are made. Thank you as always for your correspondence.] [Photo by me: Shinkai Read more

  • RIGHT TO LIFE

    This is such a complicated topic, but, also, not really. I think we all believe we have a Right to Life – the right to exist as human beings and to try to comprehend the purpose of our lives. We have survived on this planet by being creative, clever, curious and obstinate. We found food Read more

  • Winsome

    The only thing I ever cooked before the age of 41 was sloppy joes. Maybe party mix. And, of course, lobster stew (but that’s a longer story). In my 40s, I briefly owned a kitchen supply store (also a story – a very long story). During that time I had a friend who was a Read more

  • Wildflowers

    In process Read more

  • friends & relations

    Warning: I am not at all sure where this is going. Recently I’ve been contemplating friendships (or relationships, what have you). Why we are friends with some and not others, why we start up friendships and why we end them, why we keep hanging on and when we gently (or maybe not gently at all) Read more

  • Here Today

    Lately I have had the feeling that I am nearing the end of the road. It isn’t a feeling of fear or depression or anxiety, it is just a sensation that I’ve been trying to better understand. I retired recently, so it could be that cutting loose the anchor of a daily schedule has set Read more

  • My 6th Sense

    [Ed Note: When I set out on this journey it was to task myself with regular creative writing. Little did I know (ah, those words would sink a flotilla) how much research would be involved to support what I imagined to be relatively minor efforts. A very loud, collective “Ha!” is heard from the Experienced Read more

  • Do you hear what i hear?

    I am beyond fortunate to spend much of my time these days deep in the redwood forests near the coast. This is quite often a nearly silent corner of the world where we are awakened at first light by the sounds of birds and spend our early mornings sitting quietly, contemplating the stillness. I believe Read more

  • To Every Season

    Having literally abandoned google for chatGPT, I have recently been unsatisfied with the AI responses — authoritative in voice but frequently incorrect in content. This has nothing to do with today’s Note except that I went to google to learn more about Sweet Pea (the plant) and was quite surprised to learn that the annual Read more