The sunlight streaming in between the blinds earlier today was reddish in hue, an alien light, as though I lived on Mars, and although I missed the sunset today, I’ll wager anything that it was breathtakingly beautiful. Outside, particulates float in the air, covering the cars in a grungy film of ashy debris. That’s what happens when a wildfire rages uncontrollably not 60 miles away. As I write this, over 200 homes have been swallowed by the flames—million-dollar homes at…
Amazing. When I stopped by Walgreens to pick up a prescription, a pile of the latest Harry Potter hardcover books caught my eye. They were selling them for less than $3 each. Three dollars! Considering that the book is 870 pages long, it must have cost more to make and ship the book, and there it was at $3 each. I bought the book, of course. It was on my wish list, but I never got around to getting it…
I find that the etymology of the word migraine—which comes from “half-skull” or “pain in one side of the head”—fascinates me. Perhaps because I have one. Even after Alleve, Ibuprofen and Tylenol with codeine, even after neck, back and temple massages, even after bags of ice have been applied to tense muscles, the pain and nausea remain. And the thing with migraines is, I usually have them two nights in a row, along with night sweats and a great deal…
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The trouble with plumbing is that while it’s essential, it’s the last thing that comes to mind. It’s one of those things that works behind the scenes but is never noticed, so if anything goes wrong, no one knows it until the last minute, when everything is spewing fluids all over the place and people are sputtering and drowning and the whole thing is just broken almost beyond repair. Anyway, a while ago, my bathroom sink started leaking. My first…