It was all Uncle’s fault. And if we ever got back home again, Mom was going to kill me.
Uncle had said, “Let’s take a hike.” He liked to go exploring. I thought we should tell Mom where we were going first, but Uncle couldn’t be bothered.
Mom always said [Read More…]
May the waters of the slough drop low enough to let the airboat pass under the pedestrian bridge.
May the King tide then raise the water so high that the endangered Ridgway Rails and Soras appear.
So often they hide in the pickleweed when waters are [Read More…]
It was gone. My Mom walked out her front door, headed for swimming, and there was no 1991 silver Honda Accord in her driveway.
Two other Hondas were stolen that week. “For their parts,” everyone said.
My Mom was heartbroken. She loved that car. Possibly even more than that, she loved the [Read More…]
I guess I had had too much of the news. I was looking for something different and much calmer to watch at night. Something to expand my mind but cause no stress. I came across a show called “Cosmos,” hosted by a crazy astrophysicist who found a way [Read More…]
The Enterprise
“Spock can’t die!” we cried.
We’d seen it in the previews: a wide shot of Spock lying on the ground; then a close-up of Dr. McCoy, looking up, saying, “He’s dead, Jim.” Asking a 10-year-old to wait 7 days to find [Read More…]
I’ve been planning to live to be 150. That’s years, I’m talking about. When biologists recently confirmed we are physiologically made to last at least 200 years, I upped my goal accordingly.
Yet, on the day I saw my first wild beaver in my [Read More…]
I wasn’t going to bother watching the total solar eclipse. I didn’t have time. I hadn’t planned 3 years ahead to reserve a flight and lodging at the Grand Tetons so I could join the masses along the center path of totality on Gros [Read More…]
I SAW THE BEAVER !!! My life is complete! I’ve seen the Beaver, the elusive resident of a local urban creek.
Having had major surgery sometime back, I’m under strict instructions to walk regularly. A year has passed since the [Read More…]
When one adopts a shelter cat, unimaginably wonderful things can happen! We all know their companionship can fill a lonely heart; their unique personalities can entertain; their loving purrs can comfort and heal.
But did we know they can also [Read More…]
Yesterday the morning news reported that the Government has made suggestions for those furloughed during the recent Congressional stand-off: Folks should try to get part-time jobs until the stalemate is done. Suggestions included get a part-time job at Starbuck’s or — (I kid you not!) — doing [Read More…]