Walking With My Sisters
My dad was a fast walker. When my family was walking up the road to the bus stop, Dad would be way ahead of the pack. Mum and the kids toddled along behind. I used to think he didn’t want to walk with us, but then I grew […]
You Are Entitled To Your Crutch
I fell over the other day. It was both bewildering and embarrassing at the same time. I somehow tripped on a curb while crossing a road. It left me winded and bruised, but otherwise OK—except for the nagging suspicion that it was karma. Only a few days earlier […]
Who Put That There?
Yesterday I joined a small army (so a platoon, I suppose) of good people who participated in the local portion of the Great American Litter Pickup 2015. We were given a generous breakfast, provided with a picker-upper stick and a bright yellow vest, and sent out to clean […]
My Marine
He’s not really “mine,” of course. Actually, he looks like he isn’t anybody’s right now. He’s someone who may be a transient or homeless or both, but I don’t really know for sure. I met him first because he stopped me when I was walking downtown. He looked a […]
Too Many Basses in Indiana
Please join with me in calling for the immediate end to the sale of bass guitars and upright basses. We will have a period of time for an amnesty and a buy-back of basses, after which agents may be sent to the homes of illegal bass owners to […]
No Resting Place
Last year when I walked downtown I frequently stopped to rest on some benches that were placed in a large courtyard between the light rail and the theater. It is a nice sunny spot and it is enhanced by a lovely display of flowers in planters and some funny […]
Undercover Hunger Games
I recently watched an episode of the TV show Undercover Boss. I saw regular folks teaching their workplace superiors how to do menial work, and I smiled. When people with attitudes of entitlement realized that they had to learn something new in order to work on the front […]
