Anyone else annoyed and/or disgusted by CNN and, more recently, MS NOW requiring paid subscriptions to open and read any of their headlined articles?!?! I’ve been a loyal CNN website reader for years, and it irks me no end that I now have to pay to read their articles. Up until a short time ago, I was gratified that at least MS NOW was available. Nope. Now they’re charging as well. Argh!!!

watching a golfer stride up the fairway,

I’m unsure whether this be man or woman.

the gait appears to be that of the latter.

the attire, well, I’m just not sure —

salmon-pink patterned shorts, a beige top —

could be, maybe, either / or

but those white, nearly shin-high socks!

I’m inclined to believe most women would fail

to commit such a fashion faux pas.

so, could this be a man I see before me?

silly, I know, to expend precious energy

on such a whimsical pondering for certainly

I have more important things to worry about.

but still, I really am given to wonder…

Once again, I must swear off the news.

Every time I think – yes! – this is what will be his undoing, the rat bastards provide the necessary cover to enable his foul, despicable, corrupt regime to carry on.

How do these men and women sleep at night? Truly, have they no shame?

first snow; I walk about twenty minutes

but quality over quantity; that’s what counts

eight inches of snow, with more still falling

there’s not much traffic on these unplowed streets;

the entire (lumpy, uneven) center — all to myself