I came home from picking up my older son from track practice, and found my thirteen-year-old slurping cereal in front of the computer while playing World of Warcraft. He had dragged an old velveteen recliner in front of the monitor, and he had the keyboard and the cereal bowl on his lap. Covered in [...]
Signs of global warming:
o Oysters in Alaska are infected with a bacteria once only found in more southern waters.
o Migrating ticks have reached Sweden due to shorter winters.
o Mosquitoes have brought malaria to higher altitudes in Africa.
o Poison ivy has grown more profuse and lush.
Source: “First Warmer, then sicker” by Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times
The Earth will be just [...]
My father used to make friends with the manager of the grocery store in each town we moved to. He would talk to the guy about prices, the quality of the produce, or where the dairy isle should be. It was through one of these connections that he landed me my first job at [...]
My father and mother used to take my three siblings and me to mass every Sunday. In the dark church smelling of acrid incense, I would wait for certain parts of the service to arrive as a way of marking my time. When we got to the sermon, always [...]
Would I rather iron or write? Both activities have a lot in common. I used to think a perfect day of writing would involve pouring my soul into a journal made of high quality paper, bound in leather. And I’ve done just that many times. I’ve lived a few days when the words streamed from [...]
