A perfect illustration

Who would've suspected shrimp cocktail can reveal personality?  Meet my husband, left-brained engineer:  Neat Orderly Precise Linear Calculated Meet me, right-brained writer: Messy Cluttered Unconfined Careless Unbound by convention He bit the shrimp...

Oh what a tangled…

This morning I was entangled by silvery threads beaded in dew. Spun and woven and snowflake-unique, patterned and random and each a gossamer masterpiece. Delicate garland adorning iron tree, beauty softening hardened beast. Life-sustaining for one, life-taking for...

What you don’t know about H1N1 might kill you

Last week .  Flu sick.  Bed was my best friend for days–something, thankfully, to which I am not accustomed.  I received an email forward from my friend Theresa, the kind I typically barely read before clicking "delete"; in this case,...

Pavlov, Pepsi & the Wonder Drug

When I was little and got sick, no matter what the doctor prescribed, it was my mother's antidote that made me feel better:  a Pepsi with crushed ice. When I was sooo sick I couldn't do anything but lie on our sofa and watch TV, I listened while Mama...

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