It’s A Cattleastrophe
It is my duty to report that there is a herd of frozen cows inside [...]
May As Well Try And Catch The Wind
Our Wedding Cake Topper, 1983 The good citizens of North Carolina have defined marriage as [...]
Things We Count On
It's spring, and the signs are everywhere. A single crow has taken up honking lessons [...]
Embryonic Glory
Photo by Nina Harfman My recent musings in which I implied that salamanders are the [...]
We’re Being Porked
In June 2011, an enormous hog farm blew sky-high, killing 1500 hogs outright and damaging [...]
Noticing
Most people look at birds with a hazy benevolence. They appreciate the robins and cardinals [...]
A Complete Climatological Coinkydink
It has been a weird spring. March came in like a lion, on schedule, and [...]
And My Number Is 634-5789
Picture the Amish gentlewoman at Sears, looking over the Kenmore dryers, her face etched in [...]
SCOTUS, SCROTUS
My sister Margaret was a towering soul holstered in a tiny body. She was easy [...]
We’re Swingers
Some charity is getting ready to put on a walkathon, and they've strung up banners [...]
I Guess I’ll Have To Be One Of A Kind
My niece and her wombmate Everyone's fascinated by twins. We marvel at them. "Look!" we [...]
Alleluia!
At Resurrection Lutheran, we had Sunday services at 8:30 and 11:00am, with Sunday School in [...]
Infestations
After reading Julie Zickefoose's excellent post describing how the bolas spider whacks the wily and [...]
The Pencil Test
There's a new boutique down the street called "The Pencil Test." It's a bra shop, [...]
Woody
It's spring, and a woodpecker is hammering away on the neighbor's tree, checking for bugs. [...]