If you were a young man or woman in the fall of 1966 (I was two, going on three), you probably slow danced to the song “Cherish” by The Association. One of the original members (there have been over 40), Terry Kirkman, penned the lyrics: Cherish is the word I use to describeAll the feeling…

Eagles have 20/5 binocular vision, which gives them the ability to accurately judge distance, from a long distance. Binocular means two eyes. Post surgery, I can only see out of one for a while, so I am currently monocular and, therefore, have no depth perception. You don’t always appreciate what you have until it’s gone. I miss…

A dear friend of mine changed my life recently without saying a word (well, for him, it wasn’t very many words). I hadn’t seen him in a while, and when we got together for dinner with our wives, it was obvious he was doing well physically. He had lost weight, gained muscle, and looked rested…

There is a new mountain bike trail near us that is “bench cut”—meaning that on one side of the trail, the ground rises steeply, and on the other side, it falls away, almost like a cliff. The trail is not hard, but the cost of failure is high. I know this not because I ride…

When I drive my wife’s car, the car and I end up in an argument. Her car has a system that attempts to push you back into your lane if you are drifting out of it without signaling. The car’s estimation of when I am leaving my lane does not align with mine, and the…

I recently had surgery to reattach the retina in my left eye. There’s no way to be certain how it detached, but it had been getting worse in stages for a while. I just noticed problems with my vision recently, but once the eye doctor saw it, things shifted into high gear. Post-op, I was…

A farmer had a plow horse. One day, it broke through the fence and ran away. His neighbors lamented his bad luck. “Bad luck, good luck, who knows?” said the farmer. Soon the horse returned with several other horses. His neighbors lauded his good luck. “Good luck, bad luck, who knows?” said the farmer. While…

We are contemplating moving to a new house. The kids are gone, our needs are different, and it may just be time for a change. In anticipation of this, we have talked about cleaning out. We are likely to move to a smaller house, and our plethora of stuff may not fit. I say, “talked…

I love to cook (and eat), and if I’m cooking for myself or someone I care about, my favorite thing is to create a dish from the ingredients on hand. I love the challenge of using the formulas that work (cooking is chemistry after all) with unique combinations of ingredients. The results can be fantastic,…

Recently, there was an estate sale down the street from my house. When my wife and I were still in college, we frequently shopped thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales, but these days, we rarely even glance as we go by. This one was walking distance from our house, so we strolled down to…