Stop and think about how your November unfurled. Any surprises come your way? Any twists in the autumn fate you weren’t expecting? Of course. None of us can plan our days down to single minutes and play-by-plays, no matter how… Continue Reading
By Carla Jackson Any relationship would be taxed if one of the parties involved insisted on winning all the time. Golf, tennis, racquetball – what if your friend just HAD to win every game, refused to relinquish the ball and… Continue Reading
I grew up in Arcata. Several small, dark bars surrounded the town plaza. They were usually populated with lumber workers, mill owners, college students trying very hard to look “old” and the occasional professor counseling a pretty graduate student. I… Continue Reading
The contribution is small, so you think. You set out to write a book simply because you haven’t yet and have always wanted to. The first attempt wins you the National Book Award, and subsequently, you travel many places. One… Continue Reading
There should be a bounty placed on every person who jumps out of bed alert and cheerful, and a double award for those really, really smiley types. I applied some non-toxic, non-harmful to flora/fauna Liquid Fence to my grapevines. It… Continue Reading
How to be Single by Liz Tuccillo This review begins with blindness. Mine. Blinded at my local Target store. What a cover—a beautiful and delicate woman unzipping herself with gracefully slender arms out of an equally beautiful and delicate… Continue Reading
Twice in one month I have had two distinct conversations with male acquaintances on the theme of women and literature. Both of these men are well-educated. Both boast personal libraries which rival those of the small town public sort. Both… Continue Reading
While having lunch with three friends, we invented a new (to us) game… “Conversation Starters That Stop Conversations.” We listed 50 or so but the one that stuck with me was, “I’m only telling you this as a friend…” No!… Continue Reading
Really smart people should have stadiums built around their brains so we could pay to watch their thought processes. For Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, I would be happy with bleacher seats, but for Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, I… Continue Reading
Random thoughts . . . I completed my first flying lesson (are you out of your ever-loving mind?). We’re talking the inventor of sweaty palms flying. The cockpit was smaller than I imagined. The sky was bluer. The sensations of… Continue Reading
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