What Makes Me Laugh

It just might eat you! My mom sent me this photo. It makes me laugh every time I look at it. It’s of a Maine Coon, the same breed as my cats, but obviously has a larger frame. My first thought when I saw it was, “This cat needs its own bed. No sharing.”

If I were to describe our life in August  in one word it would be: Mania. It’s the time of year when you arrive home from work to 20 pounds of scrubbed cucumbers, and stand bleary-eyed past midnight, stuffing the last of the cukes in jars with garlic and dill to bathe them with boiling [...]

Montana summers are the kind of summers people in southern parts dream about. They vacation here in dry 75 degree weather, with a cool breeze at night to ripple the leaves of the aspen trees, and talk about moving here someday. Some of them do, and most of them leave after two years, when they [...]

I get very annoyed with magazine editors who run teasers like, “The Top 10 secret hiking spots, or secret small towns, or secret erogenous zones, or some such nonsense.” I mean, c’mon, do we have to advertise the best places to the whole world? Why can’t some things remain undiscovered? So, it’s with some regret that I [...]

Here’s the thing. I could be wrong about this. Way wrong. So wrong that I can imagine a laughing advice columnist sputtering coffee all over my letter before she advises medication. And yet, I wonder if I’m right? I wonder if our neighbors really don’t like us. I mean, really? Who wouldn’t like us? We live [...]

Only one rule applies when you’ve lost something: The last thing you’ll remember about it is saying, “I need to put this in a special place so I don’t lose it.” On Friday, I returned from a work trip feeling a little sore, tired, and cranky. Doug had made a special effort to keep a [...]

         I’ve been working on finishing a book for about eight years now. If that seems like a long time, well, just think how my spouse feels when for eight years in a row, on New Year’s Eve, I say, “This year I’m going to finish my book.” And the funny thing [...]

This clever clip of two cats having a minor verbal spat is hilarious. Enjoy!

I don’t know what to say. I’m astounded by this video. A friend of mine forwarded this on, and when I finally had time to watch, my mouth hung open in awe as shepherds and their dogs moved sheep around a hillside to make designs. Now this takes some work (and some serious time). I [...]

If you’re looking for a life-size gorilla lawn ornament, you can buy one in the parking lot of the Holiday Village Mall in Great Falls, Montana. Doug and I had a good laugh imagining putting it in our front yard, but I have to say that the large chicken would probably have shocked the neighborhood [...]