Author Archives: danmancle

I was asked by Peg’s family to write and deliver a eulogy for her nephew Taru . It was delivered on Sunday October 27th. Below is a copy of that eulogy: Good Evening Before I begin I have been asked … Continue reading →

“Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway.”   Whoever originated that quote has not travelled on my highway lately. Much like the actual street where we live, my retirement “highway” is … Continue reading →

So we’re driving along interstate 40 through Tenn. and passed by a large building along the edge of the interstate. The back of the building is exposed to the highway and has three large signs covering the entire surface. The … Continue reading →

It appears that Thanos has snapped his fingers, Sauron and the Orcs have surrounded our encampment, Voldemort has come back with the death eaters, Palpatine has returned, and The Gorn, Borg and Romulons have joined ranks against us. Our allies … Continue reading →

“Now is the winter of our discontent…”. Words of discouragement due to the continuous Covid saga? Comments regarding the snow and ice we have seen already this year? Possibly – but for me it is a smile statement. It was … Continue reading →

“To be, or not to be. That is the question”. Do I want to be in another production or not – now That is the question. But That means another audition – you’ve read how those turn out (blogs # … Continue reading →

Holy moly – that hurt – a lot. I thought last week’s visitation by Dracula was bad but that was party time compared to today. When I alluded in the previous blog about being on the rack – well today … Continue reading →

Today provided one of the strangest events of my lifetime – and I am 71 yrs old. I have known for a while that I have MGD – Meibomian Gland Dysfunction which is a stupid fancy made up name for … Continue reading →

This blog is a poem – actually a weird adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore’s “Twas the night before Christmas…” for a very wonderful reason. Let me explain: 2020 has been the most awkward, unkind, devastating, demoralizing year for most of … Continue reading →

Quarantine Day # 129. It’s crazy! That statement alone would have made absolutely no sense a year ago. Yet now the declaration of a quarantine is global. I think there have been houses I moved to that I never lived … Continue reading →