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"I don't think it's dying."

An old palm on one of my accounts is dying. When I took the account over last summer, the palm had only three fronds. It doesn't matter if each frond is 10 feet long...there were only three. Last fall, I removed one. …
Gutterball

I absolutely detest bowling; I'd rather play any other game, even volleyball, rather than step up to the alley. I don't even like thinking about the game. Yet, last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I was comtempla…
Theology from a Snickers Bar: Reflection on the Individual

Next time you're in the grocery store checkout-lane, take a glance at the packaging on the various candies. Most of the wrappers offer some sort of explanation as to what is contained within, such as: "Crispety, crunche…
"Vehicle in Neutral. Hands off the wheel."

I took my car to the automatic car-wash yesterday. I hate automatic car-washes. Normally, I control my car, but at these places, you have to put your vehicle in neutral and be conveyed through a gauntlet of swaying rub…
The Rear-view Mirror

"Where have you come from, and where are you going?" Genesis 16:8, NLTI had just merged onto M-59, and though the beginnings of rush-hour traffic kept everyone around me moving at an above-posted speed, I felt it was sa…
Real...fake...mimic?

I love cinnamon, so much so that after soaking it in my coffee or hot chocolate, I'll eat the softened stick...just as a person would eat a piece of licorice or a candy-cane. A wierd quirk, yet I love the spice. So ima…
Window-sill scum.

It was over 60 degrees today, a treat to Michiganders in January. The snow is melting and the air has a premature scent of spring to it, so I looked forward to opening my kitchen window after work to let that fragrance …
A bloom for a season

My first year as a horticultural technician (a.k.a. "Plant Lady") has permanently killed in me the Christmas thrill of poinsettias. Stupid, ugly plants. I have found nothing in them to admire. They are a "Goldilocks" …
Bricked in.

A long time ago an old woman lived in a house in Detroit. She was scared, so she shut herself up in her home. But the old woman realized that if she could still see out the windows, what she was afraid of could see in.…
Not looking.

Every once in a while I notice as I'm driving that I've not actually looked at the road ahead of me for twenty seconds or so. Set a timer and consider all that can happen in that third of a minute when you're going at …

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