Writing for fun, minus the managerial tasks - YES - curating, upovting, commenting, when it's mandatory and part of a designated role, can be stressfully time-consuming. Welcome Back!! And may you be well,

Thank you Galen. How could I mess up my passwords when I copy/paste them....yes, you cannot offer conjecture when you're not on my pc, but I was hoping it was one of those common problems - like Facebook

Raj!!! how good to see you here! Are you recently returned, or have I missed? I typed a long reply that mysteriously vanished before I could hit "post," and even "control + z" will

Oops, "in" space point of view of stranded astronaut In 1979 I became the first African in space On a secret flight to the salyut 6 space station Something happened on my second flight To another

My husband LOVED his first (old) pair of Sennheisers. He's the one who one-starred the newer pair and handed them off to our son, ostensibly to keep Miles from borrowing Dad's vintage headphones which,

Miles Kean, @mvkean, and yes, I saw in your post you had "recently" watched that movie, or I would never have remembered the film. :) Miles would like you. Saturday, he's heading to Colombia

Coincidentally, my husband and I had just watched the Netflix show Who killed Sara right about the time our son posted one of those disappearing snapchat videos of him parasailing for the first time, in

I feel for you - not getting to have much time with your grandparents. And I too "love old people. Always enjoy having some fellowship with them." Your grandpa water-skiing at age 70+ is priceless!

My husband loves his old (1980s) Sennheiser headphones. Our son would borrow them a lot so I ordered him a new pair via Amazon, and he said to give them only one star. The company was resting on its laurels.

Worse than the fake news: the surveillance. Someone dared to post the truth? Torture him! Imprison him! An old movie about the Berlin wall, "The Lives of Others," captured that. I'm sorry for

I love this tribute to a musician you met here! I've met a few myself first one to come to mind is @bakingjazzpower - living in France composing and playing music like Django Rheinharts, something I never

Are we supposed to witness disorder in this photo...? THere's something that vaguely resembles a roll of white paper towels (not sure what it might be) - I see lots of order and balance in this photo.

Felix!! Great to see you hear. Thanks for reading and commenting. :)

And yet, for all its horrors, I'm still checking Twitter once a day (seldom for very long). Less Twitter and more Hiving Keeps mind and wallet thriving. "Fake News" era - sometimes I wonder if

Love it! The glossary at the end is as cool as the dialogue of the story. Juan Bimba!! "Average Joe" - You didn't include this word: salomonically So I looked it up and found nothing in English.

You are wise and insightful, and a born writer! this: We find conmen and women every day, even with bibles under their arms, just fishing. They say, "every day an idiot goes out for a walk; if you

Well, @galenkp, I've tried all morning, in vain. I even tried Hivesigner. I keep getting Transaction Error. Is it possible to save a password incorrectly in Chrome...??? I have used it before, or I wouldn't

I only tried Hivesigner when Hivechain failed. None of it works for me. I watch for an added space, a stray @ sign, the number of decimal points... 000.0000 whatever...

You work as a freelancer, but not for free, right? I don't know where my Hive funds went, but they're down to $220, and upvote is worth ZERO - whassup with that! Have I been robbed (by inflation? blockchain

Thanks Fiona! I'll keep trying!