Behind the Ironic Column

My gardening abilities have taken a serious beating this summer.  I usually manage to have at least halfway decent plants on my balcony – even though the new balcony is much less plant friendly than the old one.  As soon as I moved here, things started to die or become ...

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Just the thought of it makes my stomach clench.  Better Tusko than me having extreme dental surgery.  I’ve been through plenty of that kind of thing myself and have the scars to prove it, but my periodontal escapades are nothing compared to what Tusko, the Asian bull elephant at the ...

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Indolence vs industry – just when I convince myself that I should get some of the backed-up chores completed, and choose industry over indolence, I’m punished either for the industry itself or for the previous round of indolence that let me leave my gardening gloves out on the balcony ...

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