Those who fight and run away, live to fight another day. That little adage was always told to me with a little smile, a knowing wink, an understanding that sometimes the smart thing to do is to save your own skin. When I was a child, it forgave […]
We had a cold day recently. It was just at the change in the seasons when fall turns to winter. There was a light dusting of snow on some rooftops, and the weather report had warnings of icy road conditions south of the city. Like most people, I […]
Well, that’s it then. The war on terror is over and the terrorists have won. America is now officially in the hands of the terrified. Of course, the terrified are afraid of the wrong enemy. It is not Islam. The enemy is fear itself, and that is exactly […]
Last night I woke up with my heart racing. I had been dreaming about a big black hairy spider. In the dream, I was cleaning my stairs and saw a large, thick cobweb. It was more like a cocoon, really. Anyway, I was about to wipe it away […]
When the house is quiet, I hear sounds that I don’t recognize and cannot place. There are clicks and whirrs from appliances, creaks from wood expanding and contracting, and various other sounds that bother me. It is disconcerting when the fridge sounds as though water is dripping, even […]
Judging by this week’s news, you could say that Alberta, Canada is overrun with gun-toting psychotic murderers, California is covered with snow, and Play-Doh toys are designed to corrupt children. The truth, however, is not quite so horrifying. There have been two Albertans who shot people this week, […]
A friend of mine is applying for internship positions and has learned to expect some of the questions that are designed to reveal character traits. One of those is “Can you tell us about a challenging situation and how you dealt with it.” Her reply impressed me. She […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
