First, a disclaimer: I send sincere sympathy to people in the midwest, battling that vicious winter storm. I admire how you push on through, persevere through ice and snow and lost power. Having said that, I’d like to tell you about another side of snow—the delight it brings to folks who seldom see it. Here [...]
Chapter Two of SQUIRREL! CHIMNEY! Last night friend Barbara, the critter expert, suggested that we call Animal Control today and tell ‘em we have an agitated animal down our chimney and fear it might be rabid. They would then come and remove it. “That’s their job,” she said. [With an aluminum pole and a noose????] [...]
As everyone in earshot knows, for two weeks I’ve been on the Every Other Day diet. You do a semi-fast on, say, Monday/Wednesday/Friday, and eat normally (!) on the other days. In two weeks I have lost six or seven pounds (my scales like to tease me) and gained considerable smugness. I have also been [...]
Happy 2010! What a challenging decade we’ve just been through. As a friend wrote, “Happiness is the 00s in the rear-view mirror.” So, welcome to the shiny new-and-improved decade. [Do you say two-thousand-&-ten or twenty-ten? I say twenty-ten because I used to say nineteen-eighty, etc., but I think I'm in the minority. If you vote strongly for either one, drop [...]
I just read back through my last three posts (a writer’s self-gratification…or not), and realize that they are all about vehicles. As a psychotherapist I ask myself whether there is a hidden significance therein. So far the answer has come back, Naaaah. But the number of wheels is a recurring theme. First, let’s eliminate any fantasy [...]
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