Author Archives: chick

I sprained my knee shortly before Halloween. I wasn’t doing anything physically demanding, just taking a step up the stairs, when suddenly I felt a terrible twisting in my knee, followed by pain. I was on my way to bed … Continue reading →

It’s a rainy morning here in Rhode Island, courtesy of Lee, the storm that was once a hurricane and is now a post-tropical cyclone. We weren’t expecting to be hit hard by the storm, but my interpretation of Murphy’s Law … Continue reading →

Luckily for me, I was able to join AAA for free and renew my license, complete with Real ID upgrade. But, I’m troubled by how the licensing system appears to be working. While I was at the AAA office, quite … Continue reading →

After WEEKS of trying to get a Real ID appointment at the DMV, and being offered only appointments at impossible times and improbable locations, today I was FINALLY offered a whole week’s worth of appointments at various times, including some … Continue reading →

I recently finished reading A Crossword to Die For by Nero Blanc and gave it a B grade. In this mystery, a crossword editor suspects that her father, who died from a heart attack on his way to visit her, … Continue reading →

It was a long drive, through thunderstorms and flooded roads, to my new music teacher’s house. I went to two wrong houses before I found the right one (so embarrassing). But I did finally get there. And now I have … Continue reading →

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/959184720/ryuichi-sakamoto-a-godfather-of-electronic-pop-has-died