Bleeding Espresso’s Gita Italiana 2010
One of my favorite bloggers is Michelle Fabio of Bleeding Espresso. After getting her law degree in the USA, Michelle journeyed to the little Italian village where her relatives originally [...]
Consider the source
As you may have noticed, I haven’t updated Mental Mosaic for a while. Long story short, I’ve had some health problems, with fatigue being a major component. This frustrating weariness [...]
Wippity, Pickity, Snickity
I’m starting to suspect that my new bird book was ghost-written by Monty Python. I simply can’t read the author’s description of the Painted Bunting’s various calls without hearing the [...]
Eggs from Easter Hens
Happy Easter to you! I hope you are having a fun weekend wherever you may be. I’m sure that I am having fun, although I have no idea exactly what [...]
Full Story »Still Life with Toy Soldiers
There are battles being fought in my sister’s kitchen. There’s constant combat, and heavy weaponry. Military strategy abounds. I never know what to expect when I visit – except some [...]
Full Story »The Church by The Diner next to The Porch
Not surprisingly, I see a lot of churches here in Texas, but I found this one quite intriguing. Did you notice the barely legible ‘no trespassing’ sign on it? Inside [...]
Full Story »The Lord of Possum Kingdom
Tomorrow I’m heading to Possum Kingdom as Tex’s official helper. I’m not sure what this will entail. Maybe some painting, or just general gophering. In any case, it’s a road [...]
Full Story »Tweets from the beyond?
Isn’t it nice to know that you’ll be able to send tweets from the next service you attend? Or perhaps the caskets are equipped with high speed internet in an [...]
Full Story »Frosty the Cowboy
A few days ago, 12 inches of snow fell here in north Texas. Dormant spores in our next door neighbor’s soil hatched a fleeting snow cowboy, a rare phenomenon, indeed. [...]
Full Story »Litigious clones make me wanna chunder
The band Men at Work recently lost a plagiarism suit involving the flute riff in their 80’s hit, ‘Land Down Under.’ Unfortunately, the flute part sounds like, ‘Kookaburra sits in [...]
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