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Ask for the Moon, but Settle for a Star
“Really?” I said in a weak voice that imitated a woman who’d just been told that her mother-in-law was about to become her new roommate. Or that new federal regulations on sleep had been voted into law...
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Knowing All the Angles
I’ve lost my favorite sock. Well, maybe it’s more appropriate to say that I lost one of my two favorite socks, because, of course, socks come in pairs. But this wreaks havoc with the wordsmithy part of...
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I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance
“Oh good lord she’s going to visit me now, isn’t she?” my mother had said as we were driving toward one of her many doctor appointments. “Well …” I began, rolling my eyes skyward, “if you say so.” “I...
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The Grave Danger of Being Silent
“Okay, you’ve got to choose one word. And one word only that will describe you and a representation of your life to be carved on your tombstone.” I was at a writer’s meeting. And this was one of those...
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Snake Slayer or Civil Serpent?
I like to think of myself as a fairly capable woman. Okay, that’s a lie. I’d give my left lung to have other people think of me as a fairly capable woman. Uh … okay that needs even further correcting....
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Picture This: One Last Time …
Once upon a time I met a guy. Okay. That’s not true. Once upon a time I didn’t meet a guy, but I got to know a guy because we started working together. Uh, okay, not even all of that is true either. We...
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Batteries, Boyfriends, and VW Bugs
This last month I learned a few new things about cars: Jump starting a car battery is dark and semi-dangerous magic nearly anyone can do. Wrestling out and replacing certain car batteries is a little...
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NASA: Definitely not a Waste of Space
“So how ‘bout that whole folding of the fabric of time thing?” I asked when it was finally my turn in the long line of people forming a queue. “I beg your pardon?” an elderly NASA engineer asked, his...
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Rabbit Holes: Some Call it Daydreaming, Writers Call it Work
Aristotle argued that all objects craved their “natural place,”—the geocentric center of the universe. That would be Earth. Okay, well at the time Aristotle was sucking in air Earth was considered the...
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Wait a Second–or a Lifetime by Accident
It has been said that if you step back and actually look, you’ll discover that pets and their owners are remarkably similar. Sometimes they share the same personality. Combative and pugnacious people...
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