(697 words)My first profanity of the day came roaring out of my mouth at about 5:30 a.m.I was awakened by a stinkbug in my left ear. And when I say “in my left ear,” I’m not exaggerating.It was deep in there. Like a half-inch from the brain. It was in where you’d expect a common […]
(648 words)Just learned my older brother has been in and out of the hospital all week with severe abdominal pains that have, thus far, evaded diagnosis. We spoke, I empathized, and told him I’d pray for him.And as I said so, it dawned on me that lately I’ve been doing a helluva lot of praying.I […]
(708 words)While global conflict experts are wondering how long Ukraine can hold on, if the Russian economy will collapse, and if nuclear nightmares are in play, I keep thinking of something more intimate.That is, “What does Mrs. Putin have to say about all this?”In mankind’s long and bloody history of pointless wars, this one strikes […]
• Anytime I hear someone in charge say it’s time to “re-think” a misguided decision, I automatically assume zero actual thought went into the original decision.• Being a scholarly rabbit must be one of nature’s most frustrating circumstances. Even your very best ideas are dismissed as hare-brained.• Nutritionists ought to have a term for the […]
