The Candy Man

I don’t have children, so perhaps I don’t get the whole story behind the incidents I see at the cashier counter.  You know what I’m talking about.  It’s the meltdown when the kid wants sugar in some sort of chocolate bar or skittle.  The parent...

I Have This Thing About .. .

Leveling.  I pretty much started off with the usual; wall hangings and pictures.  Yet I’ve been know to move on toward even darker places, thanks to this mental health challenge that’s just not discussed enough. So I got a leveling app on my cell.  Like...

My Neurosis About the American Flag

We have an American Flag on our front porch.  I don’t know if it says anything about our patriotism as much as our need to add just a splash of color to the scheme.  It usually just drapes, but sometimes it catches the wind and comes to life.  I wash it every...

The Friendly Skies?

Maybe they were friendly back in the day of Pan AM orTWA, but they’ve gone bipolar since those days when flying was actually a dress up affair. The stewardess of that time (they weren’t flight attendants yet) wore elbow length leather gloves and tailored...

Fatal Attraction

I’m an ex-paperboy so I’m sensitive to delivery people that get shitted on all day long.  I was chased by a Border Collie, growled at by a Doberman and served my calf as lunch to a German Shepherd.  And that was just the first week.  Dogs detested me, and...