Spark and Spitfire

July 30, 2025

Clinging to Life

The impact of a favorite childhood book can last decades.

July 29, 2025

The summer of glum has descended.

July 11, 2025

No theme this week. Just a need for some laughs.

July 9, 2025

What is the value of a human life? A single human life?

June 27, 2025

In case you haven’t heard, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are poised to wed in Venice this weekend. Will it be a PRIME occasion?

June 24, 2025

“If we wait passively to become enchanted, we could wait a long time.” — from Enchantment by Katherine May

June 20, 2025

Can anything be funny about the modern medical industrial complex?

June 18, 2025

When’s the last time you organized your linen closet? What might you discover when you do?

June 13, 2025

A Roz by any other name would not be as funny.

June 12, 2025

I thought all of the fields in my beloved farmland were barren. Then I discovered one that was not.