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Oh! Somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light, and ...

Halcyon Days

December 14th, 2009

"Come closer, cried the Sea... Come closer, follow me.... Let me show you what you'll be... if you'll only follow me..."   ...
"Life is like a sandwich. The more you add to it, the better it becomes." ~ Unknown [caption id="attachment_676" align="alignleft" width="165" caption="Fourth ...

Coming Down From the Mountain

October 29th, 2009

After days and nights of it, the laughter of the children echoing up from the foothills below began to grit on him, ...

A Sea Story

October 27th, 2009

It was a confluence of sensation.  It began with my feet: a gut-wrenching downward movement of the submarine, and a guttural, rumbling ...

A Stubborn American Icon

October 26th, 2009

What is a Mule? Today is National Mule Day, a day to celebrate an animal that science says should never have happened.  Mules ...

What Are You, Nuts?

October 22nd, 2009

In the Olduvai Gorge of Africa over 1,000,000 years ago, they enjoyed them, placing them on top of rocks and gingerly tapping them, ...

A Return to True Beauty

October 20th, 2009

In thousands of beauty pageants across America, she stands there, an aura around her as she tries with all of her might ...
“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ...

How Not to Be a Grouch

October 15th, 2009

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway Simon Cowell. Dick Cheney. Walter Matthau. Oscar ...