The Pursuit of Happiness
We agree that hypocrisy results when someone claims feelings and beliefs that don’t match with how they behave. And allow me to guess that,...
Dropping a Line
As the sun rises on both sides of Beaver Dam you have the beauty of two different scenarios where we have all from saltwater...
The Nature of Eureka
Weedy Perilla
One culture’s weed is another culture’s food. A common East Asian weed in the eastern United States is perilla (Perilla frutescens), also called...
The Coffee Table
The Bucket List
I’m chipping away at my bucket list. It’s not an official list. I haven’t written it out—yet. But I’ve always wanted to see Mackinac Island....
Hognobbing
FAYETTEVILLE – Fans have waited all summer to see how Arkansas’ defense will look under new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads, and they’ll get their...
The Coffee Table
A Tale of Two Countries
Most of my life, when I have read about authoritarian governments whose leaders strongly encourage citizens to snitch on one...
Free Parking
I haven’t been writing for awhile both because of a temporary physical limitation; but, mostly because I am struck mute by the cruelty and...
Dropping a Line
Well, we only had one trip last week and it was a short one due to a dinner date they had. We went to...
The Coffee Table
The Miracle Meal
Early in our married life my husband and I did a lot of hand-to-mouth living. The restraint this required would occasionally inspire...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Let’s deconstruct a joke: A guy walks out into the rain and hails a cab. The cab is johnny-on-the-spot. He gets in, and the...