Counting down the baseball games left
Five. A measly five games. That's it. I can count on one hand the number of games left f…
Late September Lament
Is autumn my favorite season? I know it used to be, but I’ve kind of been on this sun kick for…
It's Fall! - Time to Burn Things!
BYOE (Bring your own effigy) and support your local bonfire. Pile on your unmentionables, unq…
Tout-er Suite!
At this moment in time, uncannily, both of my daughters are French tutors. The younger tutors in…
They thought I was dying
I was visiting my mom in late August, and lolling about on the school yard behind her house. The a…
Star Trek is 50!
How could I have missed Star Trek's 50th anniversary?---a few weeks back, or whenever it was. …
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Napkin, Fork, Hamburger
Here's one thing I'm relieved about: I don't have to make Lilah look like a dinner napkin. She'd been t…
Lightning Field
In reading about Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, installed in a remote desert area of southwestern New Mexico i…
Snow Peoples
They've sprouted again. By the end of the day yesterday --lone snow sentinels guarding their yards. Some of them s…
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It's been like living in England, lately. Damp and gray and rainy, day after day. It's weather like this that …
Winter Beer Report - What I'm Drinkin'
Best beer for these dark, frigid nights (and days!) is Northern Lights IPA from Free State Brewery, based in Lawrence, …
