Lynne Simpson

…you take off on a trans-Atlantic flight while knowing you have a form of tuberculosis that isn’t responding to antibiotics. You might be an asshole if you then proceed to traipse all across Europe. You might be an asshole if you run off to Prague when the CDC calls to tell you that your case [...]

A Grandfather from the Cherokee Nation was talking with his grandson. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil — he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other [...]

And in a few other places, too, if you live within 300 miles of the wildfires burning in and around the Okefenokee Swamp. The smoke was so bad here yesterday that I cut short my morning walks with our dogs and wore a dust mask for the brief time we were outside. At first, I [...]

Wow. Who knew? If I’m ever pulled over by the cops for speeding and they ask me if I meant to break the law, I’ll just whip out the Monica Goodling excuse. Think it’ll work?

Last year, I tried to grow tomatoes on our screened porch, but they didn’t get quite enough light. The plants just didn’t produce as much as they would have if I’d placed them in more direct sunlight. After that experience, I decided to try growing them outside. The problem with growing them out in the [...]