Helping the homeless
It’s spring and as usual I am paying close attention to the birds experiencing homelessness [...]
Real Serious Viruses
I’ve said it before. There are too many choices in the world. We’re living in [...]
Bearing down
I am somewhat confused by the latest advice I’ve read about how to protect yourself [...]
Zen and the art of printer maintenance
Some people—I’ve heard tell—set goals and work toward them, and they probably get a lot [...]
Civilization and poop management
Nobody would have believed it when I was a kid. But sometime in the 1980s, [...]
I’m coming clean
I made a purchase so unprecedented I’m not sure why my VISA card didn’t flag [...]
State dinner statements
I have been aware for some time that fashion makes a statement. That’s what everyone [...]
I’m going to let Ginger pay it
Hey Dummy, I said to myself, if you’re going to be late once every fifty [...]
A slick getaway
A truck overturned a few days ago, neatly delivering 102,000 salmon smolts in the direction [...]
Losing at Wingspan, winning at life
Pat and Mary It’s the Fritz family’s fault. They were the ones who [...]
Disaster preparedness
It is in times of great tragedy that the true strength of a nation is [...]
If you’re a stingray in the Blue Ridge Mountains, you’re lonely
Stingrays are in the news again, specifically a particular lonesome stingray in the Blue Ridge [...]
Swearing at Chopin
I consider it a sign of maturity that I no longer swear at Chopin. I [...]
Hey, we’re the exshperts
Got a package the other day. The kind I had to sign for. Not a [...]
To Bee
I went over all my transactions from my bank account, trying to find a deduction-worthy [...]