When the polar vortex pushed the massive winter storm Uri deep into the state of Texas this week, millions of people suffered. And are still suffering, even as many residents have finally regained electricity. ...
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Crossing Bessie’s Creek
The bolt struck so close to the car that I lurched across the highway, nearly running off the road. The hair along my arms prickled and my hands were shaking as I swerved back...
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Covidding Through the Day
Yes, I am officially turning COVID into a verb. But you spell it in lower case. As in, when someone asks, “How are you doing?” from 10 feet away — You respond, “Oh, I’m...
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Achieving the 1-8 is Hard Work!
Marius here. In case you humans didn’t know it, cats have a goal, a daily goal. And that is to achieve the perfect 18 hours of sleep. Achieving the 1-8 is never an easy...
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It’s Dark Times, Harry. Dark Times.
Increasingly it feels that we are living in a film, or a bad dream from which we cannot escape. This isn’t the reality I know, anyway. I think all of us feel a little...
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On Being an Armchair Traveler
As the entire world grapples with covid-19, and people’s lives are at best completely up-ended, and at worst in imminent danger, I know the greatest impact I can make is to emulate the giant...
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Cats, Key West, and Ernest Hemingway
Fred Astaire, Winston Churchill, Lauren Bacall, and Howard Hughes pop out from basement grates, stroll through shrubs, and pose for guests visiting a certain Spanish Colonial home in Key West.
Who are they? The Hemingway...
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It’s Summer!
Remember how you felt the first day after school was over? You were free. Free to do so many wonderful things. This summer I’m taking class with Steve MARTIN!
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She’s so hot, Hot, HOT!
It all started when I was having champagne with Captain Darcy. He was a handsome man, and we had talked many times over the two weeks of the cruise. I was not surprised I’d been invited...
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