Kitten Season

Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …

A Haircut in my Best Friend’s Kitchen

At some point in the past year my head started out bald. This was a situation that came about because of a thyroid medication that made my hair very brittle and each strand broke in half if you bent or touched it. Eventually i ended up looking like gollum from LOTR and i just had …

Are You Married Yet?

The patients at this one building think its a tragedy that im not hitched yet and they seek to solve this problem by calling their kids and asking around if so and so is still unhitched or hasnt married again after the death of their wife and they keep presenting choices hoping to solve this …

If You Cannot Vacation, Improvise…

Around 12 years ago i went on my first and only planned vacation from work. I took a week off and i went to st Petersburg Florida. I stayed in a run down deserted hotel right on the beach. There were nearly no staff and it closed directly after. However, while i was there nobody …

The Small Things in Life

As a person with many food allergies i never get to participate in the company ice cream days or cookouts. well they paid a snow-cone truck to park near the door on the end of one of the halls and they paid for us each to have one snow cone. My coworker asked just to …

A Different Way

A pregnant coworker with a 1 year old at home who works full time turned around in her chair and folded her arms, “Tell me, cuz i want to know. I want to know what is so time consuming that you cant find time to fit in projects or sleep. I want to know what …

My First Salad from the Garden

On this day i decided to use up the lettuce as it was getting too hot to have it in the garden anymore. I made a little salad from lettuce, spinach, basil, and tomatoes from the garden. I added avocado and chickpeas from the fridge. It was pretty good with some vegan dressing and umami …