Cobble, Discarded Humans, and Other Detritus
An impressive pile of potato-sized rocks squats in a corner of my yard. This is [...]
Don’t lend me anything you care about
Anna, our renter, is very mature. I’m overripe but that is not the same thing. [...]
How do you like them famous potatoes?
Comes down to it, you have to take your blessings as they come, and so [...]
Cooking up a new garden
We have more room to garden than is customary in the city. Our whole double [...]
Deciduous Me
O. Henry wrote a number of tidy short stories before going into the candy [...]
Fungal Squatters
Not sure exactly how our house addition ballooned to its current size—I blame childlessness and [...]
The Gauntlet
If the World Series taught me anything, it’s that it’s no longer enough to hit [...]
Unstrapped
Dad didn’t believe in seat belts. He was wrong about that, but he had his [...]
No way to run a city
Got my ballot, got my Voter’s Pamphlet, got dots to fill. The races are pretty [...]