Where do I begin? I learned some incredible things today, albeit none of them really affect my life directly. But they reminded me of how things could be, if I were someone else, or in another place and time. Like the wood frogs in Alaska. Here’s the thing I like about them. The wood frog […]
The big place and the secret we should know. Read More »
I read a shirt the other day. Noteworthy, I think. It said, “Don’t piss off old people. The older we get, the less’ life in prison’ is a deterrent.” That about sums it up. I’m sure a lot of people are feeling that way these days. Things seem pretty bad in the United States and
The threat is deadly. The response is unforgivable. Read More »
It is not that I don’t like Christopher Columbus. But we’ve gotten everything wrong about him, besides his name. And the year he first sailed into this hemisphere, 1492. We’ve established that he didn’t “discover” America. We know, and have proven that people had already been living on the continent for tens of thousands of
Getting it wrong, as we do. Read More »
Oh, I’m getting old. It isn’t the content that I’m worried about, besides the fact that I’m a little achier than I used to be. Mostly, I’m still 25 in my head. No, it is the actual counting of years. I say things and remember things that young people have absolutely no idea what I’m
Well, I swear. Like an old person. Read More »
There. I’ve said it. Candy Corn. It is that time of year again. The weather is turner cooler; the air is crisp at night. The leaves are beginning to blush. October is that magic month of the year, where ghouls begin to wander the streets in greater numbers than usual. And as always, the world
It may be corny, but it is that time of the eighth month. Again. Read More »
Humor is good for the soul. The belly laugh can do more for a human being than most medicinal treatments. Of course, I have nothing to back up that claim. On the other hand, science has proven that laughing is good for us. I won’t go into all the details of the Science of Laughing,
Those funny, not-so-funny, days Read More »
Some days, I just wake up thinking things. From the very moment my mind comes back from the deep, dark lull of sleep, back into the awarenesses of the waking mind, something is knocking at the front door of my cognizance. This morning, there were two things. One was the word duplicitous. Over and over
Eff Me? Well, maybe, just maybe, eff you too. Read More »