Yes, I removed myself from the payout Partner Program. Why? Was this because I was only earning maybe $00.20 a month? Was this reason because I did not have the time to develop certain writing skills? Yes, to a degree. What I *really* want Medium to be, for me, is…

Ha ha! This bank sign cracks me up! This “joke” might be only for linguistics people though. There was a revolving series of messages, each with a sentence, on this digital board. Probably someone dictated these sentences through one of those voice programs. Spell check did not catch the word…

Hot hot hot! Cloudless sky, a temperature of maybe 99 degrees at 2 pm. Tallahassee has nearly 30 days a year of 95 or more. I take walks at this temperature! Oh, some residents here in my senior home complain so much. “too hot”, some say. Well, yes, a bit…

I have heard, and you all have heard, this all too familiar description of someone’s vacation trip. The person gives a list of places visited and “Data” rolls from the lips. …

Storytelling! I am a Storyteller by nature. I come by this way as I think in metaphors and analogies. Jesus might call this method “parables”. I keep discovering, you all, that most listeners tend to think in literal examples. “Facts, *please*”, they tell me! No! “Facts” are but leaves on…

this is why there is a missing photo! https://medium.com/illumination/people-are-being-sued-for-using-creative-commons-images-adc5c8ba1491 The Homeless. I feel their souls. I have now just moved back to downtown Tallahassee. I explore the streets and pretty side streets eventually to visit interesting cafes and other places. I see some homeless people on every walk. Usually, they…

This is why I removed the image. https://medium.com/illumination/people-are-being-sued-for-using-creative-commons-images-adc5c8ba1491 The witch of Endor. Fundamentalists often use this story to warn people not to dabble in psychic arts or to even visit a psychic. Sigh… Too bad. I see the reasoning, though, behind this Fundamentalist warning. Psychics come not only in many…

This is why I removed the image. https://medium.com/illumination/people-are-being-sued-for-using-creative-commons-images-adc5c8ba1491 We all have been there: trying to convince a friend or relative that their belief in liking Trump and the radical Republications is so, so wrong! [or vis-versa!] Men who think that COVID is a hoax, and that vaccine is never to…