a small yellow bird

You wake up and find that you are just a head resting on a pillow in the center of the bed.

The Good Son

Maggie was an American tourist when I first saw her, hiking across the Irish hills with a group of other college students. It was raining. Maggie had no umbrella, and…

So Much Cooking

Carole’s Roast Chicken This is a food blog, not a disease blog, but of course the rumors all over about bird flu are making me nervous. I don’t know about…

Wind

Once upon a time, there were two young girls, closer than sisters, who dreamed of greatness. When they played together (as they did every day), Gytha always pretended to be…

Bits

So here is something a lot of people don’t realize: most companies that make sex toys are really small. Even a successful sex-toy manufacturer like Squishies (tm) is still run…

long narrow cracks in your mattress

The Egg Story

by Andy Weir Animated by Kurzgesagt

A warning light suddenly appears on your dashboard

The Serpent Sword