The Bookless Club

Ever heard of a negawatt? Negatory? That was a hint. You’ve, of course, heard of a watt before. A watt is a unit of power. The old incandescent light bulbs listed their wattage in faint… Read More »STRETCHING WATER

It’s the most ridiculous thing. People act like it’s a nuclear launch code. Others are holy proselytizers, initiating neophytes to their sacred practice and insisting on strict compliance. Some do it the way dear ol’… Read More »BURGER WARS

It would never have happened if I hadn’t picked up the fluttering leaflet. It would never have happened if not for a walloping misapprehension. It would never have happened if we weren’t up to our… Read More »OLÉ TO ORCAS

Uh oh. We’ve got another endangered species to add to the growing list. Yet again, we’re on the cusp of losing one of nature’s most precious creatures. What’s worse? This particular loss appears to be… Read More »GREATLY MISSED

You took French in school, right? We all did. Le stylo de ma tante est sur la table. Flocons de cornflakes. And, for most of us, that’s about where it ended. Given the instruction we… Read More »PARLEZ-VOUS

I’d never given it any thought. I’ve seen it hundreds of times but never questioned what it meant. Just as a barber’s shop is indicated by a helix of red and blue stripes on a… Read More »SNAKES ALIVE!

They’re everywhere. Simply everywhere. The scourge of the greenskeeper and the lord of the lawn’s lament, they resist all attempts at eradication. They arrived in North America as invited guests but, today, are probably one… Read More »JUST DANDY

It was a second wedding for them both.  The bride, a mother of two and a woman in her late 50s, wanted all the bells and whistles.  The groom, a father of three and a… Read More »I DO TIMES TWO

The big, burly men carried small, anxious dogs. Sounds like a line from an old typing drill book, but it’s not. These days, it’s a scene from every pet owners’ playbook. If you don’t want… Read More »INVASIVE SPECIES

I’m going to tell you about my grandfather’s dogs. In doing so, you’re going to learn something, perhaps a great deal, about my granddad. A visit from ‘the old man’ was imminent. Timelines were uncertain.… Read More »WHEN THE GUEST REQUIRES A WATER BOWL