Nocturnal

I am the only member of my family that isn’t nocturnal. What I mean is, I rarely have the restlessness … More

Monday’s child

Monday’s child is fair of face, A. E. Bray’s Traditions of Devonshire (Volume II, pp. 287–288), 1838 As Mondays generally … More

As jobs go, my wife has for more than fifteen years held positions of responsibility in Nursing education that are … More

My dogs prefer mud and wet grass to romp in. Older men prefer not to slip and slide across that … More

Rain in San Diego is not like anywhere else I have lived. What passes for rain here can create havoc … More

Watching him go from favoring a front paw to hobble on it a couple cold days this month, Comet may … More

Two of the unlikeliest associations our minister preached on this past Sunday have some relevance to me this week. Faith … More

Looking back at the year, Two Thousand Eighteen has been, for myself and several family members, an experience in various … More

For a couple years I have been trying to keep poinsettia growing after the Christmas season. With a tropical plant … More