Very Pretty
The jury will remain forever out on the question of whether or not I would [...]
The Rise Of Mr. Happy
There was a time when we thought Mr. Happy would never rise up, would remain [...]
No Tits For You!
It was Birdathon Day and I was up in time to hear the dawn crack. [...]
Duck And Plover
I have a modest goal for myself in this year's Birdathon. As a group we [...]
The Canadians Are Coming! The Canadians Are Coming!
We've been pretty excited over here. We had Canadians coming! The real deal, authentic Canadians [...]
Naked Gardening Day!
Word on the street was last Saturday was Naked Gardening Day. I didn't miss it [...]
Sharp As A Blunt Tack
Grandma Most of us liked old folks well enough when we were kids; they seemed [...]
The Waterbeds Of Doom
It's finished. Empires rose and fell in the meantime, dreams were hatched and dashed, and [...]
Climbing Yosemite
It started with the taxes, of course, as most of my annual bouts of aggravation [...]
From Here To Eternity
That was some compelling ad copy on the plastic Palmolive dish detergent bottle. It was [...]
Springtime With The Windowsons
The Windowsons I always have a reality show going on right outside my writing-room window, [...]
Dagnabbit
Othniel. Here's how old I am. We had brontosauruses when I was a kid. Then [...]
The Loaner Dog
My presidential aspirations were shot years ago because of some photographic evidence that doesn't play [...]
Deuteronomy As I Would Deuter Unto You
Everyone's talking about religious freedom, which doesn't mean what it used to mean. It means [...]
Getting A Second Shot
So, after writing about the Dalai Lama, and his seven centuries of intimate ancestry (it's [...]