My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding...
I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw fo...
I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at home? Then how likely is he to have his cell phone on? Is h...
You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit of information a...
Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of sma...
You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there with them, and many hours of conversation. But if -...
When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars becam...
The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becal...
Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in...
I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to you...
Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us; that's the gil...
