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I had a life plan once. It covered everything from ideal career paths to names for my future children (first Jackson, and then Ella Marie.) I didn’t just doodle some ideas in the margin of a notebook, either. This was a comprehensive, multi-page document housed in a faux leather … [Read more...]
I’ve been bird watching lately. Not the kind of bird watching with a field guide in hand, trying to identify various migrating fowl, listening for their distinctive bird calls. No, I’m observing my local birds for signs of insanity. Specifically, this can be seen by their … [Read more...]
Ingrained with an innate fear of flying, most historians never got closer to getting airborne than being on an Amtrak train when the bar car derailed. The story they would have us believe, was that Orville and Wilber Wright invented the airplane after studying the gliding … [Read more...]
My chiropractor must be writing a novel. Every time I’m in the middle of explaining why my back is out this time, his muse suddenly interrupts, he grabs his notebook and mumbles, “My publisher won’t believe this one, either.” I don’t begrudge him his hobby but it seems rude. … [Read more...]
My husband and I recently appeared on “Larry King Live”, to debate which was more painful-his kidney stone, or my giving birth. Giving birth, that’s a no-brainer. Let’s see… (A) Flushing a pebble through a small straw or (B) passing a bowling ball through a needle. I’ll take (B) … [Read more...]