woody's world

Last week I wrote about our faithful friend Smiley. I mentioned that I couldn't find any pictures of him and an old friend, Stewart, cam...

Special Olympics: People with disabilities participate in athletic events. We used to call them mentally retarded, then mentally challenged,...

Sitting in a quiet empty bar in Englewood finishing a nice pint of IPA. Suddenly, a drop of water comes down from the ceiling and hits my gl...

As we were getting ready to leave for Asheville, we got a call from our Vet. Not good news. When I dropped Millie and Smiley off at the Vet ...

I just got an email from an old friend who has been battling a malignant cancer for quite a while. She has discontinued treatment in favor ...

If you ever enjoyed Steve Irwin, take a few minutes to watch this video of end the memorial service, filmed at his home base crock farm. And...

(Before you read further, notice that the sign says “my body my choice” etc.? Yeah? Try to “choose” woman’s health services in Kanas and see...

Multiplier Effect: When you spend a buck somewhere, that buck gets spent again and again, so the effect of you spending causes more spending...

And so goes the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". I think everybody knows this poem, or parts of it anyway, by Samuel Taylor Coleridg...

August 9th, 2008: Mark Hawthorne writes that meat production is a major contributor to world hunger. Here is an example he cites: Jeremy Rif...