When Headlines Go Bad!

We all have those things that bother us – the things that get under our skin and annoy us to no end, no matter how hard we try to resist. Sometimes, it’s something as simple as the clicking of a pen or the snapping of gum. Other times, it’s something bigger, deeper, more personal. Lately, [...]

13 for the 13th

BOO! (Did I scare you? No?) It’s Friday the 13th, a day designed to set fear into superstitious people everywhere. In any given year, you might get two or three different Friday the 13ths. There was one last August. I know, because I wrote a post all about it. 13 supposedly represents an aberration, but [...]

Under a Certain Little Star

by Wislawa Szymborska translated by Joanna Trzeciak My apologies to chance for calling it necessity. My apologies to necessity in case I’m mistaken. Don’t be angry, happiness, that I take you for my own. May the dead forgive me that their memory’s but a flicker. My apologies to time for the quantity of world overlooked [...]