I recently learned that leopard geckos shed their skin every one to two weeks, which is pretty brilliant, if you ask me. I also recently learned that leopard geckos eat the skin they shed, which is both admirably efficient and really gross. The lizard thing got me thinking about my own skin and how refreshing [...]
Some days, I like to spell olde the archaic way because it feels like it should be a four-letter word. On Monday, I bent to retrieve a small bag of lunchtime veggies from the lowest shelf in our workroom fridge, and I tweaked my back. Crud-ite! As a result, I walked like a tiny old [...]
Santa wears readers in our house. This 2019 edition to his wardrobe owes little to his deficiencies and everything to ours. Two of us have terrible eyesight and a vain inability to keep track of our glasses…because they’re only on our actual heads when we absolutely have to strap them on. Otherwise, you’ll find dime [...]
Today is my birthday and I am up early to celebrate. This year, I plan to make the most of my special day because I understand that birthdays are a privilege and not an unforgiving deadline. It took awhile for me to get here. I had to wade through the sticky angst of middle age, [...]
Granny Thelma has been mothering people for most of her 89 years. With eight younger siblings and an older brother, Thelma spent her childhood in Tallahassee helping her mother take care of their growing family. "I've always been a little mom," she said. "My sister used to tell me, 'You’ve been a mother to all [...]