Jun 26, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I’m Cabel Evans’ housekeeper, just like I was for his grandparents. Not for his parents, though. St. Joe, Michigan isn’t sophisticated enough for them, so they summer with their fancy friends in Wisconsin. That’s okay with me; I never really liked them anyway. Poor...
Jun 25, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Dru kindly asked me to write a blog post entitled “A Day in the Life.” Well, I was thinking about my life, and what I was going to write about my life, and I found myself coming up on the empty side. You see, although it is pleasant, my life is fairly uninspiring from...
Jun 24, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I am called Enga Dancing Flower. No one knows the name I was given when I was born, or that of my birth sister, but we were called Enga and Ung when we were found and brought into the tribe. The Hamapa tribe is most generous and kind. The name Enga Dancing Flower was...
Jun 21, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Someone once asked me how many plants there are in the world. I think it was a freshman at Queen’s University when I first began teaching in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was a young bride then. I’d spent my childhood living on a farm near Charleston, South Carolina....
Jun 20, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Dr. Muriel Crowther. I’m British and I live in London. As a philosopher, I’m used to talking at academic conferences. I have written a handful of books on the subject of ethics. I’m not shy of the limelight. But it is a new experience for me to see my...
Jun 19, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Dear Kyla, Hope you’re having fun with your relatives in Phoenix. Ha! I KNOW they can’t be as bad as you make them seem. For one thing, I’m pretty sure your uncle Wilt has more teeth than you claim – it is just not possible to get by with three, especially now that...