====================&===================== I found a spider in my bathroom sink this morning. I swished it down the drain with some water and then waited for it to climb back up through the drain. It never returned. I wondered why I don’t like spiders. They are, after all, no worse than roaches–are…
““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““` Are you familiar with that little wobble that sent you down onto your back after the dog plowed into the back of your knees in the yard? No? How about the one when you were hiking up in the mountains and your foot caught a root–maybe you thankfully fell…
================ @ ================ First of all, this is not a story about war–okay, it’s about a little war, but mostly it’s a story about piece. Namely, a piece of me that I have pushed beyond its limit. It’s my left arm. I’m not left-handed–my right hand still does all the…
It’s Acorn Season! That time of year when it sounds like you live on a gravel road whenever a car drives up the street. You could go out and gather a truck load of acorns to harvest the nuts and grind them into acorn flour. Sure, it’s an old-fashioned thing…
———————- // ———————- If you want to have someone to look up to, you should have an aunt who is only 8 years older than you. My mother’s youngest sister Jill filled that role since I was a tyke. She was always the big kid who was older and wiser,…
oooooooooooooooo === oooooooooooooooo Yay! Fall is here. Sort of. Kids are back in school, the local baseball team has ended its run, the garden is gasping out it’s last batch of harvestable produce, a few leaves are scattering themselves along the street. The official date, laughing at me from the…
Guest author: Maurice Frank ——————————-) = (——————————- What does a mountain, a brochure, and a printer-scanner have in common? Usually not much, but during the Covid lockdown of 2020 they each became the focus of a project that helped me stay busy and somewhat sane. Prior to the great pause…
============== o ============== The Earth spins on its axis and takes a loop around the sun. Imagine the looks on the people’s faces in the 16th century when Mr. Copernicus suggested such a thing. The longer folks thought about it, the more they rejected it, even tossing such liars into…
======================================== A couple of weeks ago, I boarded a plane bound for Denver, Colorado. I really wanted to go to Denver, Colorado as it was the closest airport to where our son lives. As some of you know, the Asheville airport is being expanded. The parking lot sure has. My…
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have often boasted I could write a speech about any topic given five minutes of research. People scoff. They assume much more than the words I have just spoken. How long might that speech be? It would be whatever I learn in five minutes of research plus my…