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The summer of 2005 marked an important event in my life. I had somehow crossed the line into ‘middle-age’. How do I know? Well, at first there were subtle signs that I could easily explain away. Signs that I chose to ignore for what they were. For example, I became aware that I … [Read more...]
"The British Broadcast Radio News Service now takes you to Cyprus for this important announcement... Come in Sir Plympton Gnithwold." There was deepening and fading static, followed by several noise bursts, probably caused by short circuits or loose solenoid transistors and/or … [Read more...]
"Mommy! I'm a bidj! I'm a bidj!" She's smiling and giggling, squirming excitedly in her car seat. "What?" I ask her, trying to buckle her in while she's squirming. "I'm a bidj!" Right then I stop what I'm doing and mentally play back what she just said. Did my darling little … [Read more...]
"Last year, my husband and I began toiling with the idea of taking the kids to Kauai this summer. It was a foolproof plan. Our then 2-year-old daughter (who was in the throes of Terrible Twos) would be a mature 3 while our youngest (who at the time was in an embryonic state) … [Read more...]
"All Rise”, commanded Constable W.L. "Country" Williams. Chatter immediately turned to silence as the overall clad constable announced, “Justice Court for Newton County Mississippi is now in session, Honorable Tom Bates presiding.” Upon making his grand entry, the judge took his … [Read more...]