Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I leave you for the weekend with a choice of two entertainments: First, on, The Grownups Wanted Us Dead: When we were in Yakima, Caryl bought me a pair of HASH jeans. I was 17 years old and had never owned a pair of blue jeans, and even in my [...]
Jake is not in school today. And he was not in school for very long yesterday. He has been in rare form lately. On Wednesday I turned away for just a moment and when I turned back he was dancing on his chair with a kick me sign on his [...]
Thursday in the teacher’s lounge at lunch time — the place full of talking, working copy machines, humming microwaves and assorted dining noises — I casually mentioned to my lunch companion that I wasn’t going to the staff Christmas party. The room was suddenly silent. Everybody looked at me as [...]
As one travels between Las Vegas and Phoenix, there is a spot in the Arizona desert where he may travel for miles without seeing any sign of human inhabitation beyond the road shimmering into the distance. Suddenly this weary and lonesome driver spots a road crossing sign. Civilization! His eyes [...]
We’ve all heard it said that life isn’t fair. It’s a quip we make when some minor inconvenience mucks up our day or keeps us from getting our own way. For most of us here on the net, life has probably than kinder than we acknowledge on a day-to-day basis. [...]