It started with a single bird feeder. When ingenious squirrels figured out how to get to it and to the suet cage, I decided I’d cater to the masses and bought another bird feeder....
Several years ago a friend and I went door to door before an upcoming election. We were given a list of people who were registered in our preferred party and were encouraged to make...
A baby gorilla was born at the Woodland Park Zoo here in Seattle a few months ago His mother had been raised by humans and, despite a bunch of gorilla-oriented parenting classes, she rejected...
A couple of days ago while I was searching the shelf of a grocery store for my favorite brand of peanut butter, a man stopped to tell me about the issues he was having...
Ever get pulled into a discussion that escalates and before you know it, becomes a back-and-forth anxiety session with a friend or somebody in your family? Someone you care about is worried and they...
On one of my regular walking routes I pass two of those “little free libraries”, where people both give and get stuff to read. I always look inside. Sometimes I take a book home,...
When we were in Texas for the eclipse three months ago, all twelve of us trooped in to explore a huge convenience-type store along the freeway. Kind of like a Luv’s times fifty. One...
One of my relatives told me when he got a new car, he had an awful time finding it in parking lots. He wandered up and down rows and rows of cars, too embarrassed...
I’m a sucker for travel writing. All different kinds. My obsession began a long time ago with Charles Kuralt’s essays and progressed to William Least Heat Moon’s “Blue Highways”. I haunt travel sections in...
A friend of mine came home from Pilates and texted me that someone at the end of the class had said, “You did really well!” She was more than clearly annoyed. “Why wouldn’t I...
