The picture you see above was taken exactly one year ago: April 7, 2010. It’s a dogwood (Cornus florida) in bloom. One year later, I can tell you with not…
For What Ails Me (Day two hundred twenty), originally uploaded by Madame Meow. I have tried to explain it to myself, but there is some corner of my brain that…
There are few things as gorgeous as cherry trees blooming. It's a gross platitude, but I don't mind indulging: in all their varietals (not just the iconic Yoshino Sakuras that…
So when I was first recovering –you know, post-possible H1N1 and all– and I read the description for The Tower, I was a little uneasy. There is one card that…
I have loved Martha Stewart for a long time. Mine has been a restrained, platonic, high-thread-count kind of tenderness toward her and, mostly, toward what she represents. She is one…
Although I'm not one for shout-outs –and, truth be told, no shout-outs are generally bad for the popularity business around these here Internet parts– I would like to point out…
Of all the egregious mistakes made in the written English language, one of the dopiest and more puzzling could be the one where people "forget" to type in a space…
Today as I was making a little something for lunch for Herr Meow and for myself, he became transfixed with the Land O'Lakes indian maiden. "What is she?" he demanded.…
Can I be completely honest with you? I want to like public swimming pools, but they give me the creeps. I want to be free and jauntily throw a towel…
Ooh. I think it’s the right moment for that one blog post I talked about. I just hope I haven’t talked it up too much and ends up in disappointment. …
A Daily Dose of Zen Sarcasm! 