…and the soul felt its worth

…and the soul felt its worth

You’d think it wouldn’t be so. You’d think we’d have found a way to fix it by now. You’d think modern technology would have created a platform or an app or an interface, or whatever geeks call it. You’d think today’s science, all these years after successfully getting...
Didn’t See That Coming!

Didn’t See That Coming!

It is seen on the face of the competitor after scoring the winning goal in a championship game. It is expressed by an extrovert upon arriving at their surprise birthday party. It is shown in the unbidden tears on the cheeks of a bridegroom looking back and seeing his...
Do you smell what I smell?

Do you smell what I smell?

In an office where I once worked, the purchasing agent refused to see sales reps in the afternoon, because he couldn’t abide the essence of garlic oozing from their pores if they had eaten some at lunch. Coming inside after sitting around a campfire enjoying s’mores,...
Scandalously Serene

Scandalously Serene

An acorn, dropping from a tree, hit Chicken Little on the head, which she assumed was the sky crumbling, causing her to throw her whole town into a panic with her announcement: “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” In March, 2020, another ‘acorn’ dropped,...
One word at a time

One word at a time

How fond are you of statistics? For me, after two or three pie charts or percentages, my head starts spinning and the numbers blur. So, just one set for today: ‘How many words are there in the English language?’ According to one source, there are more than a million...