I have spent decades fixing things around the house, but I also know my way around an airplane cabin. I used to think the bathroom floor was the only thing to worry about at 30,000 feet. Then I talked to a friend who spent ten years as a flight attendant. She told me things that … Read more
I see you every morning. You stumble into the kitchen at 6:30 AM, eyes half-shut, reaching for that pot like it is a life raft in a stormy sea. I have been there too. The smell of dark roast filling a cold January kitchen is one of the few things that makes a winter Monday … Read more
I saw a tourist in a park last week trying to hand-feed a gray squirrel a piece of granola bar. I wanted to scream, but I was too busy watching the inevitable. The squirrel didn’t want the bar; it wanted the finger holding the bar. One lightning-fast crunch later, and that tourist was looking for … Read more