After watching the college students cram for finals, seeing the people at work finish up what they needed to do to complete a month end, and noticing the behive activity that people put them selves through just before visitors arrive I knew I’d found a bit of self leverage. The question  was how I could...

Grandparents were a big part of my life and I count myself better for them. My only regret is in not realizing how  much I revered and appreciated my grandmother.   Mostly I remember visiting them at their home, though they were active and did many things with relatives whose lives were geared toward country...

My professional berry picking days ended when I hired on at the beanery for an hourly wage. The farm owner had a weathered face, nicotine stained fingers, and yellow toenails. I liked him. He was practical and knew his business.   More or less supervising us (the crew) and maintaining the equipment,  was a pudgy...

Cat’s like catnip and they don’t respond at all to a description of what it will do for them.  They just want the actual nip. Dogs are the same way with yard logs which are of the greatest value and garner the most sustainable joy when rolled on.   I know it can be reigned...

I’ve been thinking about the reaction I had to that first bite of jello when I was hospitalized long ago. Jello doesn’t normally make me angry as it did on that occasion. When I later realized what forces were actually in play, that experience gave me some seriously valuable latitude in excusing  or comprehending human...