Author: keith

Christmas traditions – Decorating

For most of the year, all our holiday decorations resided in a big cardboard box or two under the basement stairs. One box had Halloween stuff, and costumes from years past. Another had Easter baskets, fake grass, plastic eggs, and the like. The biggest box of all had the Christmas decorations. We always had an… Continue reading Christmas traditions – Decorating

Old News About Swimming

Originally posted in a Facebook group on February 19, 2016. Don’t know how I missed posting it here too, but here goes… Since the beginning of the year, my wife and I have been able to start going to the local gym that the hospital has. It includes a nice weight room with Nautilus machines,… Continue reading Old News About Swimming

Lost Scene: Dark Clouds

“Can you believe this?” Dan asked no one in particular, as he folded the newspaper aside. “25 shootings, 4 stabbings, 3 homicides on thanksgiving day,” he paused for affect before going on, “and that doesn’t count more over the whole weekend!” The grizzled man sat his coffee cup down on the worn countertop at the… Continue reading Lost Scene: Dark Clouds

Kitchen Gravity

Everyone knows at least a little bit about gravity. If you drop something, it falls, the direction it falls is the direction we call down. For more advanced people we know that objects fall at the same rate, no matter their size. A bowling ball, and a golf ball will fall at the same rate,… Continue reading Kitchen Gravity