Author Archives: Robert Hubbard

Feathered creatures work the water,while I, patient, watch.I am eager to observe their dayand have left the busy street behindto sit for a moment’s education. At random, sometimes in pairsthese (terns, I believe) sudden swoop and dive.A colourful kite might do the samewhen a tied on rag tail iseither too long or too short. WatchingContinue reading “My Life as a Bird”

April 13, 2021 It seems, most months, that the month is half gone before I even find a chance to get all of the bills paid! Sometimes, the month is half gone before I get out of bed! Wow, time sure moves quickly. Time moves so quickly now that I am able to witness theContinue reading “The Quick”

I have been away from my kitchen desk for three weeks. Today, I cleaned it up a little and sat down to start again. I have been spending my time over-indulging in food and drink but I haven’t been baking. I haven’t been cooking. I haven’t engaged in the myriad daily things I usually do.Continue reading “April 12, 2021”

March 30, 2021 While yet another of my close cousins has passed on, there has been no evidence of earth slowing it’s rotation or speed through universe. Nor has earth shown a visible lightening of it’s load. Argument, desire, life and laughter still resounds the hills. My cousin was a complex man but earth hasContinue reading “Drink Deep of the Day”

March 25, 2021 Good news for some, is disappointment for others. I am not going to die…LOL. (at least not today). I am back to feeling normal, as far as the heart palpitations go. There are only mild symptoms, the kind I have had as long as I can remember. A little extra hard lubContinue reading “Closing In On Easter”

March 22, 2021 Today’s date should figure out which it is going to be: 22, 20, 21? I am at yet another of those silly crossroads where I have to figure out what it is I am going to be. You would think I was living in Venice, on the island, with little bridges everywhereContinue reading “Gratitude?”

March 18, 2021 Funny, I actually have learned a couple of lessons during my time on the lovely blue-green planet. That fact does not dismiss or mitigate the ways in which I still ignore the lessons learned. Ha. Like an ordinary fool, I go astray the mark once in a while. Occasional slippage notwithstanding, IContinue reading “The Lesson Books: Forgiveness (a cautionary tale in mixed metaphor)”

March 17, 2021 It is ‘Good Excuse For Drinking’ day…and no bars open? Sigh. What is a fella to do? We have gone through a Christmas and a St. Patrick’s day without the staunchly traditional part of it… No bleary-eyed, slurred, “..but really…I thingk youware bea-u-ti-ful…” No, “…oooops….I thingk I peed my pantz”. Sigh. DoingContinue reading “Grog…”

I have been lucky my whole life. There are so many near-misses and slip-ups that led to no great trial… Amazing! I can tell ya some stories! Ha. I once disobeyed common sense and ran in the house, playing with the dog. I was in my stocking feet, running down the hall toward the foyerContinue reading “March 16, 2021”

March 15, 2021 Lots of noise at the ranch, these days. Don’t know why? My pipes rattle, the ductwork creaks and groans, I hear loud thumping all the time. What gives? Was an entire family disposed of indelicately on the premises a while ago? Maybe a drug cartel arranged the hit and it took someContinue reading