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For the second or third time, we have a “blizzard to end all blizzards!!” on the East coast. I get a little tired hearing about the winter storms on the East coast, in which photos like this make the news. The main story isn’t the storm, really, but the fact that it’s happening in a …

I walk with my head down, usually, and not up. This has little to do with my inner self-esteem and more to do with the desire to keep chewed gum off of my shoes. If you look down while walking on the south sidewalk, nearing the corner of Rosser and 3rd heading west here in …

Walking back from work today, I decided to harass a tunnel spider who had built a web in the evergreen bush along the sidewalk. Though an unusual activity for me — for I despise spiders — I couldn’t stop myself. After several minutes of mind games, coaxing the spider out of its lair with faint …

Several years ago I found myself driving around Lake Crescent on highway 101 in Washington state, heading towards Port Angeles with my friend Sabine sleeping next to me in the rental car. The evening was falling fast and it was late September; the lake was still and deep blue and the tourists were absent. As …

While I understand people seem to like summer, I can’t say I agree. Kids are out of school. I want them back in school and not out and about, annoying me. Bugs. People are infatuated with noisy get-togethers at all hours of the day and night in their yards when I am trying to nap/sleep. …