Friends tell me I have a competitive edge and I can’t deny it. Take paddling for instance. How many other people do you know instinctively begin to paddle faster the moment they see another canoe ahead of them on the horizon? Start humming the Jaws theme song as they close …
After nine faithful years, I had to say goodbye to my little Dodge Colt today. Repairs would have exceeded its value so it’s off to wreckyard in the sky. Sigh. Looks like I’ll be getting a new car sooner rather than later . . .
I was in a car accident today. I was driving a friend home after a game of road hockey and stopped at a red light on Prince of Wales Drive down by the Hellenic Center near Baseline. And out of nowhere a Toyota Camry rear-ends me into a minivan in …
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.
My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
