A 59-year-old Brazilian bricklayer has surprised his family by turning up to his own funeral. Relatives of Ademir Goncalves thought he had been killed in a car crash in southern Parana state the previous day. Police said the victim had been so badly disfigured relatives had … [Read more...]

My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease. This is not funny but you either laugh or cry at the memories. She was the picture perfect Grandmother. She wore dresses with pearls and always carried a sweater over one arm (even though she lived in Florida) and a purse over the other. … [Read more...]

During a break from a heated game of Go Fish with my eight year old daughter, I had inspiration to write an article about the election. Excitedly, I put down the energy drink I had been guzzling to increase my card playing skills and started to write. Perhaps we should look … [Read more...]

It was during lunch with my cousin Marcus when my inability to pay for a small kumquat reminded me of all the high interest mortgages out there and the difficulty folks are having in making those payments. While kumquats and mortgages are as dissimilar as Marcus and bathing, I … [Read more...]

Fresh vegetables have been finding their way onto our dinner table. I know they’re fresh because clumps of dried dirt rain down from them as my wife hauls them out of the sacks she took to the gardens and farmers markets. “Isn’t it wonderful!” she exclaimed over a haul of … [Read more...]