The Gods Are Bored

Have you ever been to Puerto Rico? I have, and it is beautiful! I've seen the rain forest, and old San Juan, and some of those beaches t...

On Sunday, Mr. J and I went to see the Baltimore Orioles. We are both huge Orioles fans. EXHIBIT A: TWO WHITE PEOPLE AT THE BASEBALL PARK ...

Did you know that the New York Times  was in publication during the Civil War? I did some research on the Battle of Antietam, and by golly, ...

In just a few short weeks, the Spoutwood Fairie Festival will be having its first ever Fall Fairie Fest. In honors of this milestone, I publ...

Help! Help! It's a deity smack-down in my living room! And one of them is a true expert at ruining furniture! The bored God Huraca...

Problems with Hurricanes by Victor Hernandez Cruz A campesino looked at the air And told me: With hurricanes it’s not the wind or the ...

For at least 20 years, climate scientists have been predicting that, with a warming planet, hurricanes would become larger and more frequent...

Philadelphia's Pagan Pride Day is always held on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. This year was the first in about five that I haven...

I blame myself. In 1987, I left a full-time, full-benefits job because I moved out of the state where I was employed. Once the company asc...

Drop everything! Today, Saturday, September 2 is  International Vulture Awareness Day! Without vultures, the world would be awash in pu...

Hillary Clinton Wears pant suits effectively. It's just not my style.

I am a high school teacher. My students know that they are in school to learn and that they must finish their assignments well in order t...

Living in New Jersey, I've had plenty of visits from the bored god Huracan, sacred to the ancient Maya peoples. Once, in a fit of pique ...

If I don't write something funny I am going to crawl right out of my skin.  So it's time for some frank talk. For those of you just ...

This blog is 12 years old, and all of that time I have been calling my two daughters The Heir and The Spare. It's what the British press...

You know all about motherhood, right? Maybe you have sweet daughters of your own who ask very little of you ... until they ask for something...

Honestly, the Orange Menace at his lowest, basest, and most disreputable, hit on the truth. When asked what would heal racial wounds in th...

If you turned 90 years old in 2017 you were too young to fight in World War II. I know this because my dad was drafted in 1944 but didn...

When the world is in an uproar, it's best to find multiple effective escapes from reality. In my case I have developed a crush. EXHIBI...