The side job

I’ve picked up a writing gig. Nothing major, just local lifestyles coverage in a regional magazine for the well-heeled. Have a look.

Monday morning funny

From one of my favorite new blogs, Time to Write, I bring you the following. Enjoy.
Onion News Network: Plight of Missing Hikers Will Make Great Movie

Praying in the garden

I knelt and prayed in my vegetable garden this morning. It wasn’t a theologically profound exercise in which I invoked the Almighty to intercede in the affairs of man, ecce homo.
No, it wasn’t a grand, pompous affair. I simply asked God to help me with my day and to represent him well in everything I [...]

Now showing: spring tulips, daffodils and marigolds

Here are a few of the tulips, marigolds and daffodils that I planted in the front yard. Enjoy.

Cultural quiz time: What is this?

 
Is the object in the above photo a:

Potato masher
Bean masher
An international incident during the holidays
All of the above
Rear turn signal cover from a ‘53 Packard.

I’ll discuss the answers along with my own observations later this week.

What I’ve been doing in my extended absence

I didn’t take an extended vacation from blogging because I had nothing to say. No, this nearly two month absence was the result of feeling world-weary and burned out. It seemed like I made time for everyone except myself. I had more business contacts than friends, I wasn’t eating or sleeping well, I hadn’t read [...]