We have a bunch of deer that come and go, jumping easily over our fence when they visit. Around the back of our property is what I call field fencing, four feet high and...
Lately my neighborhood seems to have been targeted by missionaries from a couple of different religions. They show up sporadically, sometimes ringing the doorbell and handing out literature, occasionally stopping their car to chat...
I was thinking this morning about the telephone party lines in the really small town where I grew up. A lot of people had phones that were on a party line — especially families...
When I started out on my walk yesterday, I saw a man further up the road, walking in the same direction as I was going. He was using a walking stick and going more...
I’m working on being more mindful — and part of that is finding contentment in simple, ordinary things. I’ve noticed a common theme in conversations with friends — a lot of people are at what I...
Several years ago I worked as a massage therapist in a Leadership Development Intensive program. Massage therapy — plus business and individual counseling along with health and meditative techniques — was offered to...
I was amused to discover that a lot of people text each other while they’re in different rooms of the same house and I got to thinking about the pros and cons of the...
For days I’d been craving a certain sandwich and decided to give in so I checked the restaurant’s menu online just to be sure, and headed down there. I was seated at a booth...
My email spam folder practically fills up overnight with pitches for ways to drop sizes or lose pounds. I guess it’s the time of year when people make resolutions about health but good gravy,...
I was in a restaurant not long ago, a fairly small place with only three tables occupied. A man who appeared to be close to seventy was sitting at one of them and talking...
