“Apples, heigh-ho,” said Trumpkin with a rueful grin. “I must say you ancient kings and queens don’t overfeed your courtiers!” Prince Caspian. C. S. Lewis. Harper Collins. 1951. At this point in the book, Prince Caspian, the protagonists have had mostly apples to eat for the last forty-eight hours. They started with a few sandwiches [...]
For reasons I did not initially understand I’ve been doing a mental checklist of activities and accomplishments, this past year. Most people think this is an occupation for New Year’s Day. I happen to think the first week of December is a good moment, being the beginning of the church year. My brain is marking [...]
On Monday, September 10, 2001, a nurse came to my house and drew blood from my son. The results of such test were always supposed to arrive quickly but they always took twenty-four hours. She was checking his red cell count. It had been low the previous Thursday at his regular clinic visit. I asked [...]
My son casually dropped the idea that he was going to drive his family to Iowa to attend a Power Show that he remembered from his own childhood. A Power Show in this case is a showcase for old engines, steam or diesel or firewood, from the early 1900’s. My husband almost as casually — [...]
I went to an old-fashioned Power Show last week. I spent four days in the car and four days not in the car with seven other people. We stayed in an apartment above a diner on Main Street, in a town of about 5,000 people. The apartment was very long and narrow, with skylights to [...]
