Yesterday we had two bikes stolen from our garden shed. One bike was expensive, one was not. Regardless, I’m upset. We are good people who live good lives. We work hard, pay our bills, and we don’t take what doesn’t belong to us. Most of the time we […]
As I waited for the bus yesterday, I sat on the bus bench outside one pawn shop and across the street from another. An older man came along and picked up some litter that was in the bus shelter and I thanked him. “You’re a good man,” I […]
OK, I was wrong. But did you have to be so nasty about it? A couple of weeks ago, I made the mistake of engaging in a comments-section discussion in the Guardian online. The topic was the world’s overpopulation and I threw in my, under-informed, two cents worth. […]
The products we buy benefit from some brilliant design work, but occasionally something draws my attention as being less than ideal. Recently, I was advised by my physiotherapist to buy a stress ball to use several times a day to improve the flexibility in my hand and wrist. […]
The upsell comes in many forms. It might be something small like the pastries flirting with you from the counter in the coffee shop while the barista asks “Can I get you anything else?” It could also be bigger, like the time when the car salesperson tries to […]
The power went out about twenty minutes ago and I’m still optimistically thinking that it will come back on any moment now. I still have 50% charge in my laptop and 73% in my phone, so I am not totally cast adrift from the world. Even so, it […]
The process of disconnecting from Facebook started out easily enough. I put up a post to tell my friends and family that I was planning to deactivate my account and two days later, that’s what I did. It took me a few minutes to find the right page […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
