Learning to Sit and Stay
We took Mason, our American Bulldog, to obedience training this morning. Although he's eager to please, he has his challenges....
17 March, 2013
Why Teens Don’t Wear Coats in the Cold
Today was Baltimore's first truly springlike day of the season -- right on time, because when we in the mid-Atlantic...
27 February, 2013
Holding Hope Even When the Mail Doesn’t Come
Last week I went to the post office and mailed a package. The next day, that same package turned up...
15 February, 2013
Why I Hate Self-Service Check-out
Here are the reasons I hate the self-service check-out counters we find increasingly in large supermarkets and big box stores: 1)...
31 January, 2013
You Will Not Live to Be 100!
Are you okay with that? It's likely that, when you were a child, the prospect of living for 100 years was...
23 January, 2013
Gone South With the Dogs
Jill and I just got back from a 10-day car trip to Florida. That's 2,238 miles, roundtrip. We took...
15 January, 2013
Let’s Shake
Recently, I shook hands with a young man who seemed unaware of how to do it....
08 January, 2013
My Almost Tire Disaster
Last week, I found a split in the sidewall of one of my camper van tires, which are hardly 6...
30 December, 2012
Drummer Girl
The Next Big Thing is a game of literary tag. Susan McCallum, a writer I admire much, tagged me to...
29 November, 2012
Get Out of My Way!
Just yesterday I was in a grocery store and came across a shopper who had blocked the aisle with his...
11 November, 2012