Since I received a sharp stick to the rear, writing is once again in my viewfinder. Remember the old ViewMaster slide viewers? As a child I had so many sets of those slides, from all my favorite Disney movies. The only way to properly see them was to practically push the ViewMaster viewer into my […]
Write for Life
As we sat down, we each took out some paper and checked the blackboard for the day’s prompt: Someone you admire. Easy. My great aunt came to mind immediately as I began to write in my girlish scrawl. The page was filled in what seemed like moments. It was always like this. Mrs. Gingrich’s Advanced English […]
Life is Fleeting
“Have you seen Dave?” I asked. I needed to get report from him before he left for the night. “He left early tonight,” replied Susan, “He got a call that his daughter got in a car wreck and died, about an hour and a half ago.” Oh. My. Gosh. And apparently he was in such […]
Bees Are Small but Not Insignificant
Last weekend, just 200 yards away from the Ironman Coeur d’Alene triathlon, a semi truck carrying 400 beehives overturned, spilling it’s cargo on the freeway. There were an estimated 2 million bees inside, many of which were killed either by the crash, or by the foam that the cleanup crew used on them afterward. Millions of […]