MILES TO GO: THIS ONE’S FOR MOM (NOT DAD)
My mom worries. Always has and always will.
She’s worried at least for as long as I've been old enough to notice. Admittedly, I noticed she's a worrier...
MILES TO GO: AN IDENTITY CRISIS
We had a bit of a crisis on South Street last week. An identity crisis. For a cat. Seriously.
Our sweet (if occasionally ornery) 6-month-old kitten, Georgia, was...
MILES TO GO: SMARTEN UP, SUCKERS, THIS IS EMBARRASSING
An email that arrived on Valentine’s Day this year caught my eye — then raised my blood pressure.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 70,000 Americans lost...
MILES TO GO: FAMILY-STYLE VACATION
“I’m tellin’ Mom.”
Three little words with the power to transport us back in time, to the ages of about 5 to 13, back to juvenile threats and...
MILES TO GO: A SUPER BOWL MIRACLE (AND A RAISED MIDDLE FINGER)
It was sort of a Super Bowl miracle. Not because the Chiefs won. They deserved it, given the Eagles’ defense in the second half.
But because only one...
MILES TO GO: BEFORE GPS…WE WERE LOST
A machine replaced me. Hallelujah. I couldn't be happier.
I am no longer responsible for road-trip navigation, having happily outsourced the (non-paying) job to the satellite-directed voice that...
MILES TO GO: WHAT’S IN A WORD? (AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE)
“Ajou” is not a word.
Well, not in English, anyway. (And the existence of an Ajou University somewhere in Korea doesn't change that fact.)
Glop, however, IS a word....
MILES TO GO: KIDS CAN’T CATCH; I’M CONCERNED
I'm concerned. This is a problem.
Kids can't catch. Seriously.
It's bad enough they can't write in cursive, read a map or count back change.
But they can't CATCH. Anything,...
MILES TO GO: PACK IT IN FOR HOLIDAY TRAVEL
(Note: This column originally appeared in the Keys Weekly’s latest Holiday magazine. available now inside local businesses and online at keysweekly.com.)
Ah, holiday travel.
This is when things get...
OPINION: AN AMERICAN’S TAKE ON THE ROYAL SENDOFF
Well if that wasn’t the longest funeral in the history of the world.
Television news teams around the world claimed Queen Elizabeth II’s recent death “shocked a nation.”...
