To Kiss a Banana Slug
It turns out that if you kiss a Banana Slug, your lips will tingle. Yep, tingle. And if you go through with it, your reward is to become a member…
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Ghosting
Hummingbirds keep us company throughout the spring, summer and early fall. And then they leave us for their long trips south. A woman writes to Dear Abby that her long-time…
A Strange Snack
A torso, transparent, with arms extended to the sides, hangs suspended over the table where Jesus sits with 12 figures, commonly thought to be his disciples. Jesus, also transparent, points…
A Mother, a Baby and the Berlin Wall
What if? What if I had done this, or you had done that? What if I had made that decision, or you had made a different decision? As John Greenleaf…
Saharan Dust and Meteoric Salt
“As vapor rose through the clouds and began to condense, it deposited its moisture on tiny bits of airborne debris, ranging from submicroscopic … nuclei to pollen, spider webs, volcanic…
A Daughter’s Generosity of Spirit
On the day that Dave Schultz was killed, he had the word “kids” written in marker on his forehead and his hand. A colleague asked him about it, and he…