For years one of my sons worked on Wall Street. For years I listened very carefully to him. I was always hoping to glean just a tidbit of information that might alert my attention to a particular stock. I knew better than to ask. Insider...
I just discovered my dog eats tomatoes. Dogs don’t eat tomatoes! This is truly weird. What other strange appetites and behaviors are housed inside my beautiful friend? I thought I knew her well. Could it be that my wife of 54 years also has secrets? ...
I have this wonderful wooden box filled with cards. It is great fun to open it and shuffle through old driver’s licenses, (I actually liked my picture on one of them). There are ID cards from the Massachusetts Teacher’s Association, the Audubon Society, Atlantic Union...
I dropped an M&M on the floor – a red one. I had 2 seconds to retrieve it. But I was slow on the draw. Locating it and bending over took at least twice that amount of time. But wait, I was still within the...
We have a hairy woodpecker in our yard that deserves to be reported to the National Audubon Society as an endangered individual. He must think it’s Halloween because all morning he has been knocking on my back door and flying away when I answer. No...
It only lasted one day. A heavy rain stripped bright yellow and red leaves from their summer branches and blanketed our lawn. For twenty-four hours we had the most magnificent carpet anyone one could imagine. The leaves had not yet begun to dry. They were...
Many schools no longer teach cursive. Children are so keyboard literate it seems the only use for cursive is to sign one’s name. I always despised penmanship class. We had to make endless ovals which for me always looked like a tornado on its side...
One of the greatest things that ever happened to us was moving to Africa. Instantly we were surrounded by birds and animals we previously had only read about or had seen in documentaries. The best thing of all was all the new people. We had...
One of my students told me he didn’t believe in anything that wasn’t tangible. I took a twenty dollar bill and a one dollar bill out of my wallet and asked, “If I gave you the opportunity to have one of these, which would you...
If we were playing Jeopardy the answer would be “a blend of tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach.” And the question would be “What is V8 juice?” I have always loved V8 juice. I think it’s good for us. At least it...