A Greener Biener

All the fun stuff I’ve written…

Once upon a time in an enchanted suburb there lived a family. There was a king.  A queen.  A couple of princesses.  It was quite an ordinary family. They were content; not much happened in their little kingdom. Then one day funny things did start to happen. Funny, unexpected things that were not really the [...]

If we had paid any attention to the check engine light before we left, the car probably wouldn’t have stalled out. Likewise, if Dave had heeded his check appendix light, he wouldn’t still be sitting in that lousy hospital bed and I might not consider vacation to be a four letter word. Every day on [...]

There’s nothing like it. The crisp scent of ammonia in the morning. The precious squeak of white shoes on linoleum. The fluorescent lights and the beeping machines.  Nothing says vacation like the emergency room. And this year, instead of wasting time with pedestrian trappings like sand castles or sailboats we simply unloaded the suitcases and [...]

While I’ve been busy with a bunch of this and a whole lot of that I haven’t had much time to pay attention to what’s going on in my own backyard.  Yes, you’re seeing right.  It’s time for the Aerial Squirrel Olympics. And the garden, while not defying gravity, is worthy of some medals of [...]