The Virgin Toilet and Other Delights

Aggravations swarm around us like summer’s pesky grasshopper flurries against the windshield. Therefore, it is nice to be startled into appreciating things, great and small. Such surprising moments will crinkle the corners of your eyes and tilt your lips into a smile,...

I Resolve

January is the month of hope and change. (We hope the political hot air balloons all deflate in one giant whoosh and allow silence to cloak the land. We are kidding, sort of.) It is all about tradition — bid farewell to the old and ring in the new. The old, frail and...

All is Flux

Christmas walked out the door today. If you have children, grandchildren, and family who do not live nearby, then you will understand this sentiment. As with so many things connected with Christmas these days, the message of peace becomes lost in the race. You could...