You know that horrible (horrible, horrible) taste when an avocado starts to turn? Yeah, the one where even a smidge of it mixed in with the rest of the avocado just ruins the…
I was digging in the back of one of my kitchen cupboards yesterday and moving some things around when my mind said, "I wonder what's in this paper bag?" I opened and saw…
I grew up--while not in open fields, farmland nor forests--in a fairly nature-based childhood nestled within the relatively safe confines of the suburbs. My childhood was predominantly in Columbia, Maryland, in the '70s,…
Anyone remember Faith Popcorn? My goodness, that woman and her BrainReserve team were sooooo spot on with sooooo many trend predictions. Near prescient!
Small luxuries ($4 cups of coffee) -- one of her predictions…
In one of my many adventures in the wonderful and wondrous Land of Burning Man, I found myself exhausted, far from "home" (camp) and deeply, desperately not wanting to have to walk all…
One of my Uber Chronicles stories.
Next up, I’m headed to an upscale restaurant in an upscale part of northern Baltimore City.
Here, the streets are all recently paved and marked…
There are moments in life that are just meant to be. Here's one of them.
When I was 20, I moved to San Francisco ... without a lick of help--in any manner--from my parents,…
There was a time--a very specific time--in my life when I almost became a drug dealer's lackey.
Spoiler alert: I didn't, but how I found myself facing this decision -- to be, or not…
I, unexpectedly, spent an unexpected amount of time watching--and listening to--this unexpectedly fascinating series of videos of a rescued-at-10-days-old starling bird (now eight years old, I believe) and his vocalizations.
Fascinating. Starlings have mimicking…
I've been doing some "inventorying" of my life: going back, looking back, making lists. Where did I live when? Where did I work, when? What pets did I have? What drugs have I…
I love how Martha Stewart has emerged from her "fall from grace" and reinvented herself in way that embraces her experience. She has transformed to a whole new level, which includes a bit…
Back, back, back in the days of early cable internet and faster-than-dial-up connection--and almost a decade before YouTube--I came across this animated, creative, delightful and giggle-inducing version of Gloria Gaynor's amazing song, I…