Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Great crowd of concerned citizens at this morning's No Kings Day Rally at the Grenada Bridge in Ormond Beach, Florida. Many, like me, ve...

Tommy Shay and his dog Duke In Memoriam: Tommy Shay  Thomas Gerard Shay (“Tommy”), age 65, passed away peacefully after a short illness on C...

There was no wedding, but one hell of a reception. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. My niece Bryce celebrates her wedding to Zak. They eloped and g...

I have got to hand it to Neil at LiquidLawn.com. He is persistent. I do not require his services at this time but there will come a time whe...

Thanks for Neil over at Liquid Lawn for sending me some mail. This is the third flyer I've received from his company since I moved to Or...

Update from an old friend and reader of blogs:  "There is a peaceful rally on Saturday, 3/22, at the west side of the Granada Bridge to...

February in a place known for its noise. Race cars that roar to grandstands of screaming fans. The pounding noise of motorcycles on every ci...

This is my version of a prose poem that I dashed off late last night. Maybe it's not a prose poem. A ramble, maybe, or just a burst of w...

What makes a 49-year-old artist abandon his paints and go to war? That’s the question I pondered when visiting the Ormond Memorial Art Mus...

A fine day for a baptism.  Our daughter Annie arrived with Chris and I f or the Salty Church’s annual New Year’s Day full-immersion baptism....

Aug. 18 was the last time I posted to my blog on my PC at my Cheyenne writing desk. Chris and I moved out of our house in Cheyenne on Aug. 2...

I returned home yesterday, Oct. 4. It was day 25 of my stay at Advent Health Daytona Beach. The fresh air was bracing, although the temp was...