Snowbrush

Peggy and I climbed Tire Mountain today where, after eating, I had a terrible spasm in my lower back. After I was able to stop cursing and w...

The Supreme Court’s decisions regarding displays of the Ten Commandments was extensively covered this week. The public reacts to symbolism l...

The Supreme Court ruled last week that local governments can seize people’s homes and businesses and turn the property over to private devel...

I wince under the irony of the fact that I consider most people so vapid that I can scarcely tolerate them, yet I want them to enjoy their t...

My Odd Fellow’s lodge secretary called today to ask if I would be willing to take his job. The irony of most organizations is that, if you a...

The ophthalmologist said I am in the clear. My eye and the top of my head still hurts, but not terribly much. I have been off Zoloft for two...

I served my thirty minutes on jury duty today, the defendant deciding at the last moment that he wanted a trial by judge. I left city hall a...

Shingles information from the FDA:. People who have had chickenpox (varicella zoster) in their youth can develop shingles (herpes zoster) in...

We just took a three-day camping trip to the Kalapooyas where we would have hiked some new trails had snow not blocked the road at 5,000 fee...

The radio played Tina Turner today, and I remembered the month I spent in a Richmond, Virginia, commune at which I was the only straight mal...

I took a hard fall in a parking lot while running with the dogs last night. My elbows took much of the impact, but my upper abdomen still fe...

I broke my coffee carafe this week, and spent a couple of distraught days going over my options. I finally narrowed the field to two: buy a ...

I saw a clerk in Dari-Mart this week who I took for a goddess. Her image has plagued me ever since, but she is no more than twenty while I a...

My body jerks when I sleep. Last night, my jerkiness entered a dream. In the dream, I was at Jackie’s house for dinner and was being introdu...

When I think of those in Indonesia who lost their families, their possessions, and been themselves injured, the question is not whether they...

Peggy is skiing with friends. The Willamette Pass temperature was nine degrees when she left, that alone being sufficient to make me glad to...

I often reminisce about my relationship with my father and about what he was doing at my current age. The year was 1964, and he had a 15-yea...

I was in surgery at this time yesterday, and was still on my way home fifteen minutes ago. Peggy is unloading, but I’ve already learned that...