I enjoy watching videos of mountain goats running up and down sheer mountainsides. They make it look so easy, and they never give any indication of fear. It doesn’t matter whether they are standing on a precipice high above the ocean or on the side of a mountain hundreds of feet up, they walk around […]
She is 12 years old and waits, hidden by the curtains, to play her music. She watches her friend who is poised, pretty, and makes no mistakes. What would that be like? The sheets of music in her hands wrinkle slightly from the moisture, which is part nerves, part adolescence. She loves her white blouse […]
Living well is the best revenge was always on the back page of a regional newspaper in Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay Area 50 years ago. A nice reminder that always made me smile. While “revenge” is not necessarily a goal it could be restated as “living well is the best revenge against […]
I met an amoeba today, I stopped and I asked it to play. It said “Beat it you rube, “I am ‘midst Rubic’s Cube, “And I’m only one square away.” Annoyed by amoeba’s affront, My retort would be equally blunt. I said “I refuse, bud, “To be treated like mud “By a green, unicellular runt.” […]
With my four little children, on a MAX train bound for Gresham, I met up with a Grandma; she helped me rock the twins to sleep. Then we took turns a-starin’ out the window at the darkness. A saintly glow came over her and she began to speak. She said, “Son, I’ve made a life […]
My children know that I love trivia, especially historical trivia. Not long ago, I received an e-mail from my eldest daughter asking “Did you know this, Mom?” Her e-mail read as follows: “The atom bomb was one of the defining inventions of the 20th Century. So how did science fiction writer HG Wells predict its […]
My first Mother’s Day gift from my husband was a road bike. I have always loved biking but once out of college, and with other responsibilities filling my time, I pretty much stopped biking. Dan, my husband, on the other hand got on his first bike at the age of four and never got off. […]
The 151st Clark County Fair is set for Aug. 2 through 11, and the Clark County Fair Association has created a marvelous lineup of thrilling features including the all-Bug-Ology, favorites like DockDogs®, motorsports fun with Monster Trucks, and a new motorsports event – Moto Tuff Extreme! And, get all the carnival rides, fantastic fair food, […]
How do you handle interruptions? I don’t handle them too well. I wish I dealt with them better, but I prefer it when life happens smoothly, according to (my) plan. A familiar story can teach us a lot about interruptions. The story takes place in the early morning, near the end of Peter’s workday. He […]
I am issuing an assignment for you and your kids, nieces and nephews, grandchildren, or play date friends. This mission, if you choose to accept it, will lead you to information online that is critical to the deployment of forthcoming spy tasks. You and your agents will follow directives with time outdoors regardless of circumstances […]
