Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

As The Music Plays #2

Posted on 04/09/2023 by Andrew Reynolds

This is a series of posts about the music I play while writing. Today I’m discussing number three on my list — The Boxer. The Boxer was released in 1969 by Simon and Garfunkel as a single and later included … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Why?

Posted on 04/07/2023 by Andrew Reynolds

My buster.txt file has a large list of questions asking why. Here are some, let me know if you have answers to these: Why are there 5 syllables in the word “monosyllabic”?Why are there so many Smiths in the phone … Continue reading →

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As the Writer Writes #3 – Vanishing Point

Posted on 04/02/2023 by Andrew Reynolds

This is part of my series of musings about writing where I consider a word or concept. This the kind of thing I think about during my writing process. I once heard a poem read that had the line, “Vanishing … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Buster Says

Posted on 03/31/2023 by Andrew Reynolds

Back when I worked for a living, I was responsible for emailing out daily automated status reports. These included a lot of boring details on the software processes I was responsible for. Since I didn’t like boring reports, I created … Continue reading →

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