Chop chop. Take as directed

Still, life. What else? (Oh, OK this is a recycled picture, but I just have so much patience and time to wrangle with this borrowed computer) (Image copyrighted. No permissions granted. All rights reserved)

Climb every social platform

Ford every digital string

Follow every byte trail

Until you find your post’s theme

(Fewer and fewer will catch the catchy tune reference, but no matter. It’ll have to do.)

A bit of a time warp here…or more like one of those other worldly outer space holes that gobble up everything leaving no trace.

Where has the past month gone?

• Whether the weather. (Please forgive the old-fashioned use of the less hysterical, even if less trendy, term). It’s been Spring here meaning chores of fertilizing grass, trimming hedges, mulching, adding a few new colorful plants (Few. The prices are nuts this year. Will just threaten encourage some old ones, thin bunches, and relocate some to bare spots), and mumbling about it’s already too darn hot – 90’s. UGH. Really happy about the early arrival of tiny biting gnats and mosquitoes. Yeah, the coastal plain’s semi-tropical identity on full display. (Area’s Chamber of Commerce is thrilled now that the extreme oak pollen is gone. Wild flowers and hosting The Final Four basketball playoffs as well as other conferences. Lots of public service announcements about human trafficking and warnings AirB&B hosts better screen guests and keep the nuisances down in the neighborhoods)
• Hollywood Hank the Husky has been fine tuning his charm – but he is scowling now saying to not offer too much of a preview trailer – just enough to intrigue. (OH, OK we’ll put that off for an upcoming attraction…You may take the muzzle off the keyboard, now…)
• Rough ruff roof. We got a new roof – the last one was original and been through several hurricanes, winter storm winds, hail, and summers of hyper-baking, so it was time. Little did we know we also had a couple of small leaks. Loud, but done. And relieved.
•  My computer got an attitude. Not on strike. Just slammed shut dead. Well, is was a bit coy and the screen would sort of blush and flirt life when you opened it up…for a nanosecond.  (I didn’t know – It felt being taken advantage of or something? Out on strike? Is there a computer/AI union? There probably will be shortly…) Finally got time to drop it off to get poked and prodded. Didn’t take them long as it is a know issue for 15 inch Macbooks. There’s a tiny tiny wire in the screen’s HINGE that is defective…and costs a fortune to fix. If talented, you can hook it up to another monitor/screen and then use stubborn computer’s keyboard. (While the computer screen smugly stays black. Smirks, “I want to be alone and you can’t make me”. Totally annoying.) Apple doesn’t care- even though they recalled and fixed their 13 inch ones for the same issue. So I’m working to revive my ancient Apple for minimum basic use while I decide what to do. Meanwhile I have to schedule a time slot for one of the office computers…and attempt to retrain my brain for this Sony keyboard. It’s one of those with a number pad taking up a good 1/4th space on the right side and it’s darn jumpy – like a horse jittery under a new rider…and having to use a wheelie mouse rather than a touch pad. They say puzzles are good for the brain, but I’m not getting a complete and pretty picture at the end with this.
• Going through the alphabet of treatments with Sr. Staff. One issue halted in tracks, but the other not being responsive enough. There’s a lot hurry up and wait, then shifting gears to try something else. But onward.

Hey, this is too an appropriate illustration choice. Everything’s over my head right now. Besides, we’re getting closer to Easter, right? (Astrophotographer Brian Hancock. Milky Way over Easter Island. Space.com/NASA)

Just can’t leave it on that note, so here’s some items chopped and served up for your entertainment:

We are finishing up Women’s History Month which seems out of place to me.

Why isn’t Women’s History month partnered up with Mother’s Day month? Seems logical.

In addition, why isn’t Mother’s Day in October – you know 9 months after Valentines Day?

Phrases to Ponder: 

• “If you don’t follow the rules, you get more rules.”
• “The more you listen, the more you see.”
• “In negotiations, he who is the least interested wins” (As observed after living with Hollywood Hank, the Husky and other large animals…dogs, cats, horses, bulls…especially with all the bull)

Belatedly, apologetically, but still grateful and appreciative of all you readers

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.