BanjoCat Creative

Today, I will write what it is on my heart. Where I currently reside there is a biting chill in the air as we experience our first snowfall of the season. This chill is not unfamiliar to me as its presence arrived long before…   Read More →

No, I’m not going to prattle on about Bill Gates. Well, maybe just a little bit. It’s just that smug mug, and what it represents to me, just happens to work as a good Truth-Tees segue. I do wonder why he has been so…   Read More →

I had an interesting, or rather, a troubling comment arrive from a family member over this post about exploring the mRNA shots. The post was my attempt to sift through all the information available and try to understand this untested novel technology as it…   Read More →

Dad! What’s it been… six years now? I really miss you. The last time we spoke I was living in Idaho. I was there only a year when I got the call I dreaded – it was time for you to leave us. We…   Read More →

Mother’s Day is upon us and this year I decided to share my thoughts about this calendar honored day. This isn’t going to be a sugary one-dimensional tribute. My mom, she has her flaws and foibles and she never pretends otherwise.  In my estimate,…   Read More →

I saw a woman at a cemetery weeping inconsolably as she lay face down on a grass covered grave. Suddenly, another presence materialized, and I saw a round clay vase suspended in the air. This is going to sound disgusting, but inside the vase…   Read More →

People are… complex. Each individual decides how much energy they want to give a thing – be it the vast number of worldly affairs that vie for our attention or another human being in our orbit. We all earnestly claim to be doing the…   Read More →

I have a hard time summoning up the requisite courage to go out into the world these days. Each day that passes seems to be more deranged and twisted than the day before. In 2021, are you still reaching for the government carrot on…   Read More →

My paternal grandfather passed away one year, four months and three days before I came into this life. He survived service in the Great War – “the war to end all wars”. While in France he had an experience that turned into something wonderful…   Read More →

Hello everyone. I have not written much here of late – or at all really. Heh, and I consider myself a writer! However today I find I have a bit of “time out” due to babying a back issue. Long story short – I…   Read More →