Quizzical Sojourns 2

Friday, April 17, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, April 17, 2026

I thought cheeseballs were more of a Christmas thing or a 1970s thing.

from husband Bill, April 17, 2026

I attended a crawfish boil with my wife many years ago at the home of my former co-worker. It was OK.

from husband Bill, April 17, 2026

Since 1986, I have written more than 300 poems, and many of them have been published in anthologies. During this time, I have never written a haiku. I did write a haiku in school when I was very young (in the 1960s), but that is long gone.

from husband Bill, April 17, 2026

What more can one say about bats?

from husband Bill, April 17, 2026

Thursday, April 16, 2026

My Dad Said: Video

From husband Bill, April 16, 2026

I created and uploaded this very short video of bulls saying things said by my dad (August 30, 1934 - February 14, 1997). (length: 34 seconds)

Bulls Say Things My Dad Said (April 16, 2026)

https://youtu.be/h4OcGwW6h64?si=W9YQcOtKTBMUzqMV

Eggs & Orchids

From husband Bill, April 16, 2026

I am quite partial to Eggs Benedict.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Trump To Be Honored

strange

"Trump to be honored by CNN's potential new owner ahead of White House Correspondents' Dinner"

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-honored-cnns-potential-new-owner-ahead-white-house-correspondents-dinner

April 15, 2026

Selfie/Avatar

From husband Bill, April 15, 2026

Selfie (May 20, 2026)

Today Is ...

From husband Bill, April 15, 2026

I have had much success in my life by taking a wild guess, and then doing the opposite of my wild guess. (truth)

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Easter Improv: Part 2 of 2

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this video of myself improvising on my digital piano on Easter Sunday. (length: 4 minutes, 50 seconds) ... My piano is at my mom's home nearby.

I like to sit at my digital piano and just start playing whatever is in my head at that time. I make it up as I go along. This is my method with all of my piano improvisations.

Easter Piano Improv: Part 2 of 2 (April 5, 2026)

https://youtu.be/GWzyM_rdcL0?si=WPYRtCJXCVyJHfAc

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

My maternal grandfather had a wonderful garden with tomatoes, bell peppers, basil, and more, with a huge fig tree right in the middle.

My paternal grandfather had a tomato patch.

My dad had a garden one year, when I was a kid in the 1970s, but he put it under a tree. He got eggplants the size of eggs and romaine lettuce that grew to five feet long. Yeah. The lettuce didn't grow in bunches, just straight out; it tasted good. However, he planted pole beans in the sun. We had quite a substantial harvest. I remember picking them as the grew on the white, wooden fence by the driveway.

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

I once enjoyed a piece of pecan pie topped with chocolate ganache. It was absolutely delicious. I do typically like regular pecan pie.

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

I occasionally look at the sky and ask, "Why?" I often look at the sky and ask, "Why not?"

Today is more to admire the beauty of the sky and what is in it: the sun, the clouds, the moon, and the stars.

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

This day encourages us to evaluate our goals and do our best to reach them.

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

When I was 12 years old in 1973, I attended a showing in a movie theater of the film "The Day of the Dolphin." It was somewhat entertaining, but not really.

Overview (from Google):

"Marine biologists Jake (George C. Scott) and Maggie Terrell (Trish Van Devere) have for many years been doing dolphin research in the Florida Keys, and have even coached some dolphins to speak primitive English. But when two of the dolphins are kidnapped, an investigation proves that the Terrells' financial backers, the Franklin Foundation, have had sinister intentions all along. The dolphins are to be used to deliver and detonate explosives beneath the president's yacht."

from husband Bill, April 14, 2026

Monday, April 13, 2026

Easter Improv: Part 1 of 2

from husband Bill, April 13, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this video of myself improvising on my digital piano on Easter Sunday. (length: 4 minutes, 26 seconds) ... My piano is at my mom's home nearby.

I like to sit at my digital piano and just start playing whatever is in my head at that time. I make it up as I go along. This is my method with all of my piano improvisations.

Easter Piano Improv: Part 1 of 2 (April 5, 2026)

https://youtu.be/M-VEo6x9FeI?si=5Ei4esI6Qfkiv2gL

PB&J

From husband Bill, April 13, 2026

I had the urge for a retro sandwich that I enjoyed many times when I was a young kid in the 1960s into the 1970s: Skippy creamy peanut butter and Welch's concord grape jelly on white Wonder bread. (Many thanks go to my wonderful wife for making it for me. Many thanks go to my terrific mom for making it many times for me during past decades.)