One of Doug and I’s favorite weekend retreats is Chattanooga. It is less than two hours away but a very different town than Knoxville. Surrounding a downtown of historic hotels and a successfully renovated riverfront full of activities are beautiful mountains. Many of the people that live on the Chattanooga mountains are in the same […]
A short story – Once upon a time I tripped over a juice glass and fell down the steps. My foot changed colors and I drove myself to the doctor for an x-ray with the injured foot slung across the passenger seat and my left foot working the brake and gas pedals. I hobbled in […]
When I saw story on Fark about a girl being attacked by a seagull hungry for her sandwich, I had a flashback to a Disney trip about 10 years ago. I was holding a smoked turkey leg, which smelled unbelievably good when a seagull swooped down and stole the turkey leg. In retrospect, that’s pretty […]
Today is a school holiday so, of course Noah danced downstairs wide-awake and jolly before 6 this morning. There must have been a switch at the hospital. I can’t possibly be related to this little morning person. With the weekend almost officially here, it’s time for time travel and some old stories. What should it […]
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus
More thoughts on Lost – If I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, I think I would have removed the bodies and burned them on a pyre instead of burning the only thing resembling a shelter. I certainly would be doing more scavenging of resources. I wouldn’t be burning or breaking anything that might […]
Is baseball season over yet?
Do you make or buy Christmas gifts? What do you make? What’s the hot toy this year? Does your family draw names? Do you open Christmas eve or Christmas day? Have you started shopping yet? Is your tree real or artificial? Gee, that last question sounds kinda personal.
Dog psychology – Why do the dogs insist on walking in front of me on the staircase? Why do they then stop halfway up or down? Why does my old dog toot like a train the whole way up? Why does the young dog throw her ball down the stairs and whimper until I go […]
Cat psychology – Why does the cat scratch ‘outside’ the litterbox? Why do we own a cat bed when she sleeps on the computer monitors? Do we really have a cat? I go entire days without seeing her sometimes.