Stupid Cupid: Quit Creeping Me Out!
It is a fact that two words still strike terror in my heart: Valentine's Day. This is not because I don't believe in love and hearts and all. It's just that every Feb. 14 I suffer unfortunate flashbacks to my grade-school days, which, truth be told, occurred lots of decades ago.
So long Art Buchwald, We’ll Miss Your Soft but Sharp Voice
When the syndicated newspaper columnist Art Buchwald died in mid-January, America lost the insights of a man who always looked at the world through the prism of irony.
Grateful for Not Having to Experience Many of Life’s Misfortunes
As a nasty virus made its presence unpleasantly and unmistakably known late last Monday night, I tossed and turned in bed, too miserable to sleep and irritated by a high-pitched, wobbly electrical whine. Although I had noticed it the last few nights, I'd successfully ignored the sound. This night, the whine grated my very last nerve. However, also on this night, on one of my many trips to the bathroom, I discovered the source of the bothersome noise – the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner on its charger – and silenced it.
Find Your Beat in Life When Things Get Complicated
Some months ago, a friend and colleague called. Her good friend moved out of the country and she was missing someone to go out and play with. So, she asked if I would like to take a Gavilan community education class with her? How about African Caribbean drumming? I have a bad habit of doing things just because certain people ask me to. Just on the basis of my relationship with and trust in someone, I sometimes find myself in the strangest places or doing things I never thought I would have, especially when I myself am in a rut of doing the same old same old.
Time to Revisit Controlled Freeway Signage
Struggling sales at Trader Joe's and its desire for a freeway
One Step Closer to Killing Vicious Dogs
Dogs that cause life-threatening injuries to humans and other
