Meet Melvin Marvin
Let me introduce myself. My name is Melvin Marvin. I work as a personal muse and trustworthy companion for Marlyn Mohs. I take personal affront, I'll...
Innovators of the Future
Children today are tech-savvy. At face value, this may be a good thing. “Oh, my Johnny plays the most sophisticated games on the computer. He...
Pretzels in a Paper Towel
I felt like having a snack and something profound occurred. I took a handful of pretzels of uniform size and length and tossed them into...
The Phenomenon of Resonance
Today in my son’s science class the topic was weather. This sentence about the effect of an urban landscape on wind patterns struck me as...
Who will pause for me?
Today has been hard. I want to explain why I choose to label today as hard, but it is far more complicated than that. It...
An Open Letter
I think the happiest moments of my life were when I held you in my womb. I felt magical and special. Things were tight. We...
Shopping for a Home
So now I have to find a house. I've been living with and caring for my mother for four years and each year they increase...
False Assumptions
The First Glance So many different people with one overwhelming similarity: all are human. It occurred to me today as I...