Impossible Kisses

That’s Rachel Weisz as Evelyn , “Evy,” from Stephen Sommers’s 1999 blockbuster, “The Mummy.” It’s a film about two magical books and a...

Then one day things weren’t quite so fine I fell in love with Lily I asked my dad where Lily I could find He said, “Son, now don't be si...

I once fished off of an abandoned pier when I was canoeing in Wisconsin. The wooden pier was gray and missing planks. On shore the pier ...

This is a fancy goldfish, a veiltail. I don’t own an aquarium right now and if I did own an aquarium I’d want an eccentric aquarium about a ...

Anticipation is another prime element of creative art and essential to visualization. Some years ago I was talking with Edwin Land, a brilli...

Q: "What is Linda's contribution?" PAUL: "Strictly speaking, she harmonizes, but of course it's more than that, becau...

“Men find it more difficult than women to be alone.” from Pattie Boyd, “What I know about men” The Guardian biography of Pattie is: Pattie ...

I didn’t see the tree fall on her car but I saw the flash of lightning and heard the immediate crack from the thunder and I suspected lightn...

“Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.” from Jonah’s Prayer, Jonah 2:8 Believe it or not, this is a watercolor painting ...

Before I start: Today is Friday and I usually try to do something special on Friday. I had planned on doing a long post about notebooks tod...

I don’t have much to say today. In fact today will be just a trivial personal note. * I’m not really a big fan of Greek and Roman mythology—...

That’s Professor Brian O’Blivion. Since television has replaced real life, Professor O’Blivion will only appear to people on television. So ...

... There are other examples of the spontaneous spread of new habits in animals and birds which provide at least circumstantial evidence for...

This month and next month are interesting times for Moon watching . Venus is about to make the transition from being an evening object to a ...

A hot air balloon advertising a real estate company drifted silently across the clear blue sky. Earlier a blimp advertising life insurance h...

In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into ...

“Remember,” Grandma Laura repeated, “that all the things in the modern world, now, all the things that make today’s world modern, existed wa...

I used to know of four used-book stores around here. One’s having a going-out-of-business-sale now. One closed a few years back. So only tw...

The dream police They live inside my head The dream police They come to me in my bed The dream police They’re coming to arrest me Oh no! Che...

There is a peculiar charm in the indefinable feeling of undivided responsibility to which the single-hand cruiser becomes a willing slave as...