There are many reasons to get the hell out of Dodge in the summer, even if half of America — either families with children out of school for a few […]

Very clever of you, Joan. First to come back as a dolphin up Corkscrew Creek, swimming so dangerously close to land, so coquettishly, just as we were starting to feast […]

I didn’t want to get attached. So I never gave him a name, other than Mr. Man. He’s loud and aggressive and gets up too early in the morning. I […]

A look ahead to losing memories of former wants

Seven months ago we were consumed. If not by Iraq, then by politics. We speculated, deliberated, debated. We spoke out. We put up bumper stickers, sought out yard signs, staked […]

It’s one thing to read about the prison abuses at Abu Ghraib, the sadism, the meanness, the degradation. It’s another to learn what we knew about the people behind the […]

I don’t know about you, but the next time I decide to go out to dinner it will probably be to downtown Savannah’s Firefly Cafe. There’s easy parking (once the […]

On Phoenix’ first ozone pollution alert of the season — which happened to be Earth Day — I arrived at Barry M. Goldwater Terminal for a Passover Seder with some […]

Funny, the things that stick in your brain. A few weeks ago, I heard about a bunch of couch potatoes who were so outraged at the way Tiger Woods stood […]

And then there were three. Two Rhode Island Reds. One white Leghorn. Down from five. But still no eggs. Designing, building, then decorating a chicken coop is one thing, raising, […]

A few years ago, when I had a regular job and more time (and need) to schedule leisure activity, I played golf with a woman who used to say, “Have […]

I knew the key to my truck was looking a little wavy and could probably snap in two any minute. But I’ve always believed, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix […]