Author: Rich Horner
So, Anyway
I recommend this book for the classic “tongue in cheek” British humor of it’s author, John Cleese (Cheese). It calls to fans of the wacky, outlandish entertainment of the Monty Python era – especially if you’d like relief from the news, heavier reading or just a chance to laugh out loud, who cares who’s looking!…
Breakfast, Birds, & A Walk in Nature
Patty has been wanting to visit the Cosby Arboretum for some time, It is located outside Picayune, near the Mississippi Louisiana state lines. Our friend Ken has some of his images on display and we want to visit while they were still there. Making a day of it , we was at the Mockingbird in…
Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung
Narrated by: Connie Chung Genre: Memoir / Autobiography / Journalism History Posted April 23, 2026 A Note on the Journey: This wasn’t an easy listen for me. About two-thirds of the way through, I hit a wall with the tone of the narrative. I had to stop and process whether the “pity party” I was…
#10 – The Turning Point We May Be Living Through
Living With AI Looking back at history, certain moments stand out as turning points. When electricity began spreading through cities, it transformed industry, transportation, and daily life. The arrival of personal computers changed how offices functioned. The internet reshaped communication and information access across the world. At the time those changes began, they were not…
Bird Banding
Dauphin Island Wednesday I had planned to go fishing on the Bird Barge, with Byron, Ray and Mike, but Mother Nature had other plans, blowing 15 to 20 MPH out of the northeast. Though the fish would likely not notice, the four of us would have been bounced about the Mississippi Sound like a cork.…
A Gentleman in Moscow By Amor Towles
A book that has been on my shelf for years that was recommended below by AI Gemini who does most of my book and literary research. No-Spoiler Synopsis In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov—an unrepentant aristocrat—is hauled before a Bolshevik tribunal. While many of his peers are executed, the Count is sentenced to house arrest for…
Lonesome Dove By Larry McMurtry
Read this for the character dynamics. McMurtry deconstructs the “myth” of the cowboy and replaces it with something much more human, funny, and heartbreaking. Gus and Call represent the two sides of the American spirit: one lives for the joy of the moment, and the other lives for the satisfaction of the task. For someone…
#9 – Learning to Work With Intelligent Tools
Living With AI For most of history, tools extended physical abilities. A hammer amplifies strength. A telescope extends vision. Artificial intelligence introduces something different: tools that help with thinking tasks. That doesn’t mean the machine does the thinking for us. More often it means people work alongside systems that can rapidly analyze information, generate possibilities,…
Boggy Slough
Spring Migration April 10, 2026 Patty, the kids and I headed up to Boggy Slough in the Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area at daylight. We barely got off the highway before Patty said stop, there were birds singing all around us. It was a beautiful clear morning, the morning temperature was perfect; requiring a light jacket.…
Pelicans – Fun facts to know and share
April 4, 2026 Pelicans seem to float on the air just above the water Pelicans are able to “float” just above the water by using a physics principle called the ground effect. When they glide within one wingspan of the surface, they create a cushion of air that supports their weight and makes flight significantly…
