When born, her parents saw nothing but a bright future ahead for their only child, a daughter they named Sally. But try as hard as they could, though an attentive and imaginative little girl now a toddler, she refused to talk. Then one day, when she was out of her parent’s sight, she found a…

Omicron, when unscrambled, is Moronic

Since the economic downturn of 2008, we have used a plastic Christmas tree instead of fetching one ourselves from the forest or paying for one already cut and sitting in the corner of some near-deserted parking lot. Last night, I promised I would bring it inside so my wife could decorate it. First, I combed…

Our Roomba beat me to an M&M, I dropped on the floor. This is how the war against the machine started.

To get rid of old papers and other clutter (which is hard for me,) I have begun transcribing everything into a typed record. To the best of my ability, I will stay faithful to what I first wrote, save for spelling and some odds-and-ends of grammar. 1969 Jul. 4. There is this thing called Woodstock…

In yet what I can only describe as another oddity, today I received a package from Amazon that I did not order. Now, to be exact, my wife has been expecting an Amazon order, so I didn’t look at the label when I pulled it from the mailbox. My wife opened the package and was…

We took a midday walk from the house to Eagle Canyon and out to Pyramid Highway. It’s something I’ve never done before, but the dog and I needed the exercise. We got down to Pyramid, turning south, heading for Robert Banks Blvd. Shortly after making the corner, walking about ten minutes, I noticed something strange;…

It began as something cute she had swept from under the refrigerator. But she had to leave it to answer the front door, then her cellphone. By the time she returned, the pile of dust was gone. However, she gave it no more thought as she completed the floor by mopping and waxing it. Later…

The headline said the petrified tree was 62 feet, the longest ever found in the UK. Authorities in Penwith, Cornwall, were quick to rename the park as they shoveled around the fossil. It wasn’t until a forensic photographer began documenting the site using a drone that they learned it might be more than a tree.…

Chased out of the kitchen by my wife and daughter-in-law after Thanksgiving dinner, my son and I excused ourselves to the front porch, where we sat taking in the evening chill and sipping our whiskeys. “That was sure a good dinner,” my son said. “It was,” I agreed. “The only thing I didn’t care for…