My Dog is Chelsea

I will now tell you three stories, two of which are true and one that is not. I’ll let you decide which one never happened:
1. A couple of weeks ago, I locked myself out of the house at 6 a.m. wearing nothing more than long underwear and a down jacket. Luckily, I had the key [...]

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Barbara never traveled anywhere without a corkscrew and a coffee percolator. Both items were indisputably necessary to making or breaking the vacation.
“But”—I once protested—”it’s usually not hard to come by a wine bottle opener. Most of these condos with kitchens have one.”
“It’s not worth the risk,” she explained. “And besides, if they do have one, [...]

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I don’t like to be an absolutist about things. For instance, I’m not going to say that you should never wear flip flops in December. I mean, sometimes it actually is warm enough this time of year to let your toes loose. Generally, these days happen in Hawaii, but I suppose they could also happen [...]

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I just wanted to report that I am, in fact, alive. I’ve been keeping this blog for a little over a year now, and I have never let so much time pass in between entries. Though I feel like somewhat of a slacker, I am considering this lapse to be no more than a brief [...]

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