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Infected With Institutional Fruit Cocktail Religion
“THE TITANIC SINKS: TARDY ATTENTION TO WARNING RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT – Wireless Operator Preoccupied – Did Not Grasp Significance of Message” -L. Marshall, 1912 Why does it so often take a...
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Containing More Than Just Toxic Messes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kernkraftwerk_Grafenrheinfeld The word containment usually carries a pretty serious connotation in most contexts. It is often used in reference to preventing...
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My Death Grip on My Church Blanket
. (To my followers: BOOK GIVEAWAY DAY! See Details below.)* What’s the deal with security blankets, anyway? Having raised six children, I feel like I should have a good answer as to why babies need...
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Careful People, Beware!
“The Battle of Bunker Hill” by Howard Pyle If you’re a careful rule-abider, few things are more frustrating than being one-upped by a careless rule-breaker. The British soldiers battling in the...
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In The 70′s, Bread Was Money, In My Prayers, Bread is Time
http://www.retroland.com Anybody else out there remember the Mod Squad? It was a groovy, hip TV crime drama that ran from 1968 to 1973 on ABC. Even though I was a little kid in the middle of its airing...
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Bridezillas, Snake Handlers, and Baby Blue Taffeta
Bridesmaid dresses…sigh. Some things just defy description. Not my friend, but a reasonable facsimile of the dress. ******** Years ago, as a bridesmaid, one of my friends was subjected to the public...
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Nonsense and Nonsensibility
(The following is a post from early this year, brought back by somewhat popular demand…and…okay, really, it’s because I’m using all my writing time at the moment to finish my second novel): Check out...
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Gramma’s Stretchy Pants are a Flexible Recipe for Faith
Being a fairly pragmatic person, I usually don’t pay much attention to reports of otherworldly happenings. I pride myself on staying grounded within the tangibility of my five senses. But something odd...
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Dorothy and Her Visible Innards
We gave our daughter, Annika, a Visible Woman science kit one year for her birthday. This was a plastic model of a woman with transparent skin whose organs and body parts were meant to be assembled and...
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