by Russell Fuller | Aug 30, 2013 | Blogs, Leap and the net will appear, Russell Fuller
In 2003, millions and millions around the world marched in protest against the coming invasion. When Bush was asked about it, he chortled and said, “I don’t listen to focus groups” [except oil companies, bankers, and the like]. I think that was the...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 19, 2013 | Ashley Carrithers, Ashley's Adventures in Wilderland, Blogs
I suppose we all wonder about ourselves from time to time – what sort of person we are, if people like us, what value are we adding to life, etc etc. I am a little old to be worrying about all of that (favorite tee shirt; “What you think about me is … none of my...
by Ashley Carrithers | Aug 17, 2013 | Ashley Carrithers, Ashley's Adventures in Wilderland, Blogs
Well Witching We are in the midst of a longish drought, with springs and streams drying up on the winter grounds. Our home spring is hiccupping and we are in early summer, so something has to be done. We decided on digging a well and erecting a windmill, to take...
by emmaV | Aug 13, 2013 | Blogs, emmaV, Essays
I used to live on a small lake (or, arguably, a large pond) that was choking in lily pads. It seems that one of the neighbors, back in the 40’s, had decided to beautify her back yard by planting some lily pads in the lake. The lily pads liked it there so much that,...
by Harry Holdorf | Aug 3, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
by Harry Holdorf (first published in the Marin County Coastal Post Online, February 2007) I’m finally acknowledging (at 60), there’s parts of my brain which don’t work right. I’m left handed. While in grade school, I decided to write numbers to...
by Harry Holdorf | Aug 2, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Max vigorously rubbed the sleep off his sixty-seven-year-old face, after muscling the night out of his legs and arms, arching and twisting his back, bringing his body to life with the morning. Feeling his face, after twenty-four thousand, four hundred and...
