Spicy
My daughter has never been able to eat spicy food. A couple dashes of black pepper used to send her running for water. Even after...
Not Quite Right
My dad sent me this picture. I don’t know where it came from – if he knew these animals or if he just found the...
Shopping Gods
I don't know what possessed me to visit the Night Market in Qingdao first thing in the morning. As a shopping experience, it left much...
Second Skate
While part of the rink was blocked off for a dancing walrus, my daughter taught herself to skate in a pair of rental skates and...
Sad Bear
this sad picture of a polar bear, with condensation dripping down the glass of its too-small enclosure like tears, is how I remember this animal...