The Hellish Handbasket

Tis the season during which the residents of the mobile home park dress up in costumes and shuffle over to the clubhouse to drink strawberry...

I have one small victory to report. With a little help from my friend, I managed to replace the support struts on my minivan's liftgate ...

I had a birthday this week. To celebrate, I treated myself to the trifecta. I don't mean I went horse racing. I mean, I sidled on down t...

I whine a lot to my friends about the broken state of my brain. Yes, I am referring to the meatball in my head that I joke is constantly try...

The first time it happened, I thought I was mistaken. I chalked it up to my aging brain. The second time it happened, I began to suspect som...

I've been thinking about the past. You don't have to tell me that contemplating the past is rarely a good thing. Living today for a ...

Today I'm feeling a little like Dr. Doolittle might have felt. A little bird with a reddish chest was checking me out through the slidin...

My life has become a dog’s life. After four cool, cloudy, intermittently rainy days in the Coconino National Forest parked under some pines ...

I finally made it to the forest outside Flagstaff. It’s as beautiful as I had hoped. The trees are tall and piney. The grass is green, spars...

In my fledgling career as an amateur dogsitter, I can now claim to have cared for three dogs. Juno is the biggest dog, so far. She's an ...

I miss my stuff. Almost all my possessions are ensconced in a 5' x 5' storage unit over by the mall. The cubicle is 8 feet tall, oth...

A life lived in fear is a life half-lived. I know that is true because Fran said it in my favorite movie, "Strictly Ballroom," and...

I have an aversion to eating anything with a face. If a creature would run from me if it could, then I do not want to make it a meal. Even i...

I'm happy to report Maya the dog survived her three days under my care. It was touch and go at first. The first two visits did not go we...

I seem to have become a commodity among an underground network of neighborhood dog owners who need a dogsitter. I picture these dog owners t...

July is one of my favorite months. Almost everyone I know was born in July. Well, not quite "almost everyone," but a lot of people...

The Art Trailer is a dark cocoon. The windows are now blocked with reflectix and cardboard to ward off the afternoon sun. In addition to the...