You can’t get there from here

You can’t get there from here

“If I could be any tree in the ground I wanna be a tree where the birds hang around, ‘cause everybody needs to be loved and I’m no exception. I was born to reject rejection. If I could be any bird that I choose, I wanna be a bird with a nest you would use, ‘cause...
Like water off a duck’s back

Like water off a duck’s back

I’ve not heard of parents having to train children to be disobedient or selfish or prideful.  There are no courses in school on how to cheat, or steal or lie or side-step guilt by blaming someone else. Nobody gives instruction on how to exclude others from the clique....
No choir robes needed here

No choir robes needed here

I grew up in a strictly no-pets household. My father wouldn’t tolerate one anywhere around our 25-acre property. My mother wouldn’t stand for one to be in her house. That pretty much took care of that issue. My sister, Faye, despite the odds, became a dog mom, the...
Lost and Found

Lost and Found

They’re called awareness ribbons. You see these looped symbols as bumper stickers, lapel pins, included in logos, in advertising, etc. A bit of investigating reveals there are over 1,000 causes represented by variously colored/patterned ribbons. Their proliferation is...
More than meets the eye

More than meets the eye

Names, and their diminutives, are fascinating! Our relationship to our own name is highly personal. Some prefer to keep the full given name intact, with no abbreviations or alterations. Others are given no choice, growing up with all embarrassments of nicknames. I had...
How many zeroes in a billion?

How many zeroes in a billion?

One of the least-photographed, momentous life occasions, is a baby’s first steps. Not because it is not a golden photo op, but because it happens so randomly, without dress rehearsal, without formal invitations to the big show.  Subsequent solos, of course, are...