woody's world

There are times when it’s better not to know and this is one. Yesterday Afghanistan “donated” a million dollars to Pakistan flood relief. NP...

I have been mulling over the moccasin incident for two days now. I am troubled by the incident in a way that is new to me. I have quietly me...

I do. All the time. I have conversations with myself, and hear music complete with lyrics. I hear dialogue and make up scenarios. I read out...

Synonym: different words with the same meaning, like Taliban and asshole, or, Taliban and demented sick bastard. The comparison can go on a...

Yesterday as I walked past the French door that opens on to the porch/pool deck I noticed a brownish largeish snake slither under the old c...

The lush vine twines upward on the fence and as it goes produces large flower buds. These sit there, green and still, waiting for darkness ...

“Diana Nyad, 60, Swimming From Cuba To Florida” the headline reads. Diana is a renowned distance swimmer, writer and commentator on NPR. She...

Last year I wrote a small essay about a man named Clarence, and the impact he had on my view of racism. An old friend just experienced some...

Casting around for a different kind of dinner to construct when “Steak Diane” popped into the old bean. There was a restaurant in Tallahass...

This morning we woke up to a real treat. Several years ago we bought a white night-blooming water lily. It bloomed the first year, and maybe...