I saw this a few weeks ago and immediately began to tell myself a story about what happened here. The setting is a patio adjacent to a bar and restaurant. I took the picture on a Saturday in December, and I imagined that the discarded playing cards were remnants of a game played late on […]
If you’ve ever told a woman to smile, you may want to rethink that approach. I’ve sometimes been exhorted to smile, even when I’m not unhappy. Perhaps folks do this because people feel more secure if women are smiling; they think it means that women are happy, or happy with them. In fact, though, a […]
This morning, Julie stepped outside to go to her massage appointment and found her car . . . gone! She looked up and down the street, and couldn’t see it. It must have been stolen, she thought. Just to be sure, she called Ken to check where he had parked it when he came home […]
Is there something in the air? In recent weeks, I have become aware of six people who have become mad enough to quit their jobs or to retire earlier than they intended. That’s a surprising large number from among my circle of friends and family. These are all hard-working people and loyal employees. One of […]
Yesterday, I crossed the US-Canada border at Aldergrove. Me [Smiling and handing over my passport with my Nexus card inside]: Hi She [Not smiling, hand outstretched]: Hi Nexus card falls out as she opens the passport. She [Visibly irritated]: Don’t hand them both to me at once! Give me one or the other, […]
Snowbird of Paradise 