Your Armpits Are Your Friends

Your Armpits Are Your Friends

It was ingrained in me from the very beginning. The first ten pushups I had to do was a result of violating that one rule. Nineteen years later I still have alarm bells go off in my head every time I get careless and break it. What’s that one rule? We’ll get to it....
Straight Outta Animal Control

Straight Outta Animal Control

Maybe you’re privileged enough to work for a department that has an Animal Control Officer. And if you are, it won’t make much difference because they’re probably never around when you need one. You may think I’m psychic or that I’m reading your mail, but I’m not....
The Way Things Were

The Way Things Were

After a loss something inside us wants things to go back to the way things were. Back to the familiar. We spend inordinate amounts of time and energy being disappointed in that regard, of doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. But you can’t go...
A Cat Lady And A Rule Of Life

A Cat Lady And A Rule Of Life

Common hallways in multi-unit apartment buildings are like movie previews: they give you a little taste of what you are about to encounter, only they’re far less entertaining. And in this case, it wasn’t the taste of what was to come, it was the smell. Heat and...