First robin sighting. Check. First scent of skunk odor. Not yet. First hyacinth bulb poking from the frigid earth. Check. First motorcyclist roaring down the highway with a smile as frozen as the rest of his/her body. Check. The preceding items are part of my mental checklist harkening spring. Today I watched an eagle attacked by two smaller crows. The… Read More
It’s not always apparent on how best to be a parent…
I was lucky enough to be raised by parents who mostly withheld their opinions unless asked. As a child it was different of course, and lessons concerning right and wrong occurred on a daily bases. “Share with each other!” “Stop teasing your brother.” “Play fair.” “Take all you want to eat, but eat all you take.” “Don’t waste.” “Respect your… Read More
A morning gift…
Huck….huck…huck. My sleeping brain said the sound was incongruous with my dream. I don’t recall what the dream was per se, but something was wrong…sorta like pulling on pantyhose while wearing sandpaper gloves…the mix wasn’t right. I listened for a short while longer and heard only normal house sounds like a furnace kicking on or birds chirping outside our window…. Read More
Mirror, mirror, episode 341…
This morning a classmate sent out a web address relating to a woman named Samantha Brick. Samantha laments her life because she is too beautiful. Other women cannot relate to her, and men swarm all over themselves to catch her attention. Here is the web address if you’d like to read her story directly: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2124246/Samantha-Brick-downsides-looking-pretty-Why-women-hate-beautiful.html In my sex and gender… Read More
How now black and white cow…
I have a cow in Wisconsin named after me. While this might seem like a questionable honor, perhaps one bordering on insult, I am so dang proud. My daughter’s best friend, Amanda, the young gypsy traveling and working in New Zealand for a year, calls a farm in Wisconsin home. A number of years ago Amanda’s family named one of… Read More
Density and Me…
As a great cartoon character once said, “Doh!” Okay, maybe he said it about a couple of zillion times, but that lends strength and recognition to the outcry. The past few weeks I’ve been feeling layers of emotions as my college semester winds down. There’s the joy of learning, and while that may sound like a suck-up statement, I’m serious…. Read More
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