Bargain Bible

What is wrong with a bible that it is deeply discounted? Was the world created in fewer days? Did Noah ride out a 30-day flood? Did Moses only get eight commandments? Or are

Garbage Hoops

The garbage truck stopped at the curb in front of the overflowing trash can. Two hula hoops lay on top of the bags. The trash collector picked up the hula hoops, paused, put

Birdsong Ubiquity

It seems that every book I read, whether it's literary fiction, mystery or non-fiction, somewhere along the way a character notices the birdsong, or they are more likely to notice the

Music for Dogs

I really need to figure out how to explain music to my dog. Every time I put on record in the living room he is surprised by the blast of sound that surrounds

We Make Fence

A landscaper's marketing refrigerator magnet listed a variety of services: mowing, edging, seeding and many more. But one of them slipped by the proofreader. Buried among the bullet points was We