I admit it. I’ve taken my feet for granted. I’ve forced them into shoes because the shoes looked good - not because they felt good. After years of this abuse I’m feeling “defeeted”.
After a bit of sole searching - of my shoes - I discovered that the majority of shoe designers are men. I […]

It’s been said that a person has a better chance of getting into Harvard than the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. This fact highlights the extensive admission process and the seriousness of learning to be a clown. The clown college only accepts about 50 applicants per year from a field of thousands […]

Until a recent trip to Vermont I thought Vermont was one of the original thirteen states. Wrong. Vermont had wanted to be its own country. It changed its mind in time to become the fourteenth state in the union. I also learned that Vermont is the most rural of the fifty states. One-third of its […]

Everyday mysteries are things that you unsuccessfully try to understand. Somnambulism is as mysterious to me as the condition it describes - sleepwalking. Only 1.2% of the population sleepwalks, which explains why I’ve never known anyone with the condition. Sleepwalkers are supposedly in a non-dream state of sleep, which allows the process going on in […]

By 2030 the number of older Americans will have doubled to 70 million. That’s 1 in every 5 Americans. That’s why anti-aging information is often on the evening news. What isn’t there are aging women. There are no female counterparts for Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather or Charles Gibson. Is it just me or is this […]

Send in the clowns! Perhaps the first time that command was voiced was in China in 1818 B.C. Or maybe it was said during Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty around 2500 B.C. Although the history of clowns may not have an exact date, their influence and joy have been felt for thousands of years.
Clowns were originally […]

Texas is popular for a lot of things. But of the many things that are famous there, humor tops the pack. Texas is a very big state. And the people from there pride themselves with all things big. Big myths, tales, and natural phenomenon distinct to Texas are revered, including hails and armadillos.
Texans are big […]

Texas humor is something that can make you look at the brighter side, more than anything else. The sense of humor Texas have is entirely its own. While it amuses everybody, it is something that can be used to one’s advantage rather than just laughing about it.
American sarcasm is the other name of humor in […]

There are times I’ve wanted to be a bartender. A people-person with good listening skills who can mix drinks - how hard could that be? Well … it seems to have gotten harder.
Recently there has been an influx of new drinks and flavored martinis. I have nothing against blue drinks topped with a parasol, […]

Who knew there was a statue of John Lennon in Havana, Cuba? Although he never visited Cuba or sang about it, the government unveiled his statue on Dec 8, 2000 - the 20th anniversary of the singer’s death. In fact, Fidel Castro, who had said that the Beatles were subversive and that they were a […]