Some days I’d like to strangle Bill the Flying Cat. Bill came to us in winter four years ago. He was a kitten who wound up on our porch when the temperature hovered around 3. His small stature and aloof personality attracted me. He had one eye that didn’t open…
Leave a CommentMonth: September 2018
For those of us who have had the benefit of health insurance for a while, the actual costs hospitals charge patients is startling. I know because I had a wreck on my bike back at the end of July when we didn’t have health insurance. I used to be quite…
Leave a CommentThe summer ended, literally, overnight. One day we were in the 90s for about seventh straight week. The next day, September 21, the daytime temperature dropped into the 70s, and that’s where it’s going to stay for a while. I will miss this summer, one of the most productive I’ve…
Leave a CommentIt’s a melancholy time of year. The summer has passed, the children have gone home. The parks department has closed the pool and taken down the umbrellas. All that dry grass and noonday sun is just a memory. As a teacher, I find this time of year the hardest on…
Leave a CommentThe last six weeks have made me pant and wring my hands. I fell off my bike, breaking and rib and tearing up a shoulder. Then, I rewrote a whole book. I penned five pieces for this website and two 5,000-plus-word essays for a magazine that only asked for and…
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