Not Fat, Yet… Well, it’s not been a fun year, but it’s getting better. Having two children who live very far apart meant pappy gets two Thanksgiving feasts each year. I’m not known as a temperate kind of guy. So after having a lousy year healthwise, I ate heartily at both feasts… But…I’m not fat. Yet. But… Read More »
Apple John The fluorescent lights of the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit cast a sickly, indifferent glare, turning every surface into a shiny, cold canvas of white and gray. Sepsis had brought me here and stripped me of my strength, my health, and my name, reducing me to a patient ID and a series of alarming medical-machine beeps.… Read More »
The Fateful Chestnut On a cool March day, I was taking my daily 4-mile walk when suddenly – and stupidly – I tripped on a chestnut that had fallen on the wooden boardwalk that winds through the woods. Sadly, this chestnut was not roasting on an open fire; it had fallen on the walkway the previous autumn and… Read More »
Penny: The Witch of 42nd Street The world has changed so much since I was a kid. I suppose every generation has said that. My grandfather saw the first cars, the first airplanes, the first radios, the first telephones, the first TVs, and the first color TVs, and lived long enough to see a man set foot on… Read More »
Lucy Jupiter and the Forest of Secrets, Part III – The Conclusion If you missed Part I, you can read it here. If you missed part II, read it here. We now continue with the exciting conclusion of “Lucy Jupiter and the Forest of Secrets.” Lucy Jupiter and the Forest of Secrets, Part III – The… Read More »
Lucy Jupiter and the Forest of Secrets (Part II) If you missed Part I, you can read it here. Introduction Last week, we introduced Lucy Jupiter and the Forest of Secrets. Lucy Jupiter is a quiet girl who blends into the background at school but holds a powerful secret: she can command the forest. Her only true confidant… Read More »