Dear Theo, We promise to remember you in the snow, black on white, where you were striking and strong. We’ll think of your dignified bow, how you lowered your snout and performed a little dance as we approached. How you crossed your paws on the kitchen floor, and sighed in your sleep, and how you … More Sara Rutkowski’s Tribute to Theo, a Belgian Sheep Dog
I have given up Facebook. I haven’t given it up for the reasons I posted to FB friends just before I deactivated my account. I claimed I simply wanted to sit less and walk more. Actually, I gave up Facebook in order to slay a monster. Over the six years I was on FB, the … More On Giving Up Facebook
Back in the 1950s, door-to-door selling could be a lucrative occupation. At various times my brother Bill sold cookware, encyclopaedias, siding, guitar lessons (he didn’t play the guitar), and rugs. We spent a lot of time in coffee shops talking about how much money could be made in one of those endeavors. Bill dreamed of … More Selling Encyclopedias
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