Keeping Up

  So what can we say about Christmas? No, Not the colored lights and the laughter and the camaraderie of friends in cheery places. Those are...

 ...and the snow came like a blessing--soft and forgiving, making everything wondrous. The grandkids came over to slide on our hill, make sn...

And everybody gives a huge sigh. Those of us who have lived through this year don't have to say anything else. Our lives have been shake...

 Whenever I visit my parents in Texas, I swing by the little town of McLean. Oddly enough, even though it's located right on I-40, it ...

 Hot, Puffy Clouds  Fresh-popped and sizzly So close I could juggle them If I were only a little taller Or perhaps just c...

                   Usain Bolt His name should be lightning or thunder, This dashing Jamaican wonder. He exhilarates the crowd Into...

Women’s Shot Put Final—America’s Michelle Carter vs. New Zealand’s Valerie Adams   Her hair was a little too curly, And he...

    Fencing In fencing one aims to provoke With a sudden advance and a poke If a foil makes a slash There's a green or red ...

 I can't believe it has been four years since I wrote the last Olympic limericks, but amazingly enough, it has. So it's tim...

 Whenever Turtle and I go driving far away, we like to break up the hours spent in the car with a brief hiking jaunt. Recently, on our way...

I have about a dozen favorite mystery writers. None are modern. Many are British. There is one, however, whose novellas make it into the ant...