Plastic Farm AnimalsCamille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
We may think we invented Christmas but the Chinese are doing a darned good job of celebrating in the capitalist tradition. Americans and Chinese alike pour onto the street in shopping and partying over-drive during the December holidays resulting in a predictable increase in vehicular homicide. Here’s a brief account from the China Daily: Roads […]
I’m about to get a new sister! My brother James is marrying Kathryn in one week and Bob and I will have a new sister. Neither of us had sisters until our brothers started getting married. Bob has three brothers and I have five and after December 30th, we’ll have four sisters between us. Growing […]
Okay, or Holiday Wish or whatever seems right. I find it ludicrous that people are even worrying about what word they use when they wish their friends and neighbors well this Solstice season. So, that’s one wish – that people would feel okay about being kind to each other all year and not fret over […]
In 1948, George Orwell published the political satire “1984” in which Big Brother was watching us, (can you say Patriot Act?) and politicians engaged in Doublethink. Some examples of this: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH In a press conference last week George W Bush was quoted as saying: DEMOCRACIES DON’T WAR, […]
I often heard my late Uncle Frank tell people he was fond of, “You’re a real pip.” For years, I thought this was a made up word. I eventually learned that a pip is an apple seed or one of those tiny dots on dice. I’ve decided to start calling my Personal Imaginary Physician my […]