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Lump Day?

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Yes, it's a lump!

Yes, it’s a lump!

On one of my regular walks, I passed by a house and saw this more-than-human-sized lump in the front yard, so I had to snap it.

What is it, I wonder?

I’m guessing it must be about 15 feet long and probably 2-3 feet high (it’s hard to tell just by looking!)

Nobody was outside for me to ask, so my imagination went into overdrive.

Was it a construction project of some sort?

A storm shelter?

Did this yard have moles — LOTS of them?

Is a small car stashed under all that dirt, a car the owners tired of because it never quite worked?

Was a whale washed ashore in land-locked Central Illinois?

Is it the burial ground of somebody’s lover(s) caught in the act?

Tell me, What does it look like to you?

It’s a Puzzlement

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You know, there are days when I just can’t help wondering:

1) With only 10% or so of the population being left-handed, how come vacuum cleaners have their cord on the right side of the handle? How are we expected to hold both in one hand?

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One is NOT Necessarily the Loneliest Number

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When we kids were growing up, our parents repeatedly told us that being happily married was the best state to live in.

The key phrase, of course, was happily married.

Which was obvious, since they lived together 60 years, until Death did them part.

But all of us aren’t that blessed. Some never find Mr. or Miss Perfect; others think they do but things turn sour.

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What Are People Saying About You Online?

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The other day I was talking with one of my Web design clients about social media, and he adamantly informed me he ‘didn’t believe in all that stuff.’

(“Stuff,” by the way, is a nicer form of the word he used!)

Anyway, he’s a long-time businessman, so I probed a bit further to learn the reason behind his aversion.

Turns out, it was something I’ve wondered about for a long time.

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The Rest of the Story

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I read a lot of blogs and often find myself wondering how something turned out, the rest of the story, so to speak.

With that in mind, I decided to resolve some of the conundrums I’ve posted about recently and catch you up to speed.

1) Shunning. The last couple of times I’ve been in church, I’ve witnessed this family make a concerted effort to arrive early and grab a pew they all can sit in comfortably together. Those five kids are just beautiful, and it warms my heart to see them getting along! They probably squabble just like most siblings at home, but their differences shouldn’t be made public.

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Perhaps we need to re-think insurance?

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Politicians are bent on making the Affordable Care Act a hot potato — blaming each other, describing (in inflammatory terms) how the government is being “shut down” and people “held hostage.”

How sad.

What they’re really doing is creating a smokescreen, proving they’re incompetent at what they were elected to do.

Sadder still is the fact that newscasters aren’t calling this law what it really is, an assault on FREEDOM.

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How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?

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Dallas here.

I was having my Sunday afternoon nap when I heard Mama race downstairs and then back upstairs.

What was going on?

I found her in the kitchen with her camera. This is what she was shooting:

It's a varmint!

It’s a varmint!

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Into Every Life Some Accidents Will Fall

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There’s nothing quite like meeting someone new. . . by accident.

Now before you get all excited and happy for me, this isn’t a story of my meeting “someone special.”

(Although I’m sure the person I met is special in her own way.)

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What good is an apple tree if you don’t pick the fruit?

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It all started with the apple tree.

I know, everything did start with an apple tree — well, not literally because we don’t know whether it was an apple or some other type of fruit that Eve ate in the Garden of Eden.

But I digress. This story starts with an apple tree.

An apple tree planted many years ago by one of our long-gone neighbors.

An apple tree that, despite our present neighbor’s inattention — no watering, no spraying, nothing — inexplicably has produced a bumper crop this year.

Witness:

Don't they look tempting?

Don’t they look tempting?

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Wordless Wednesday — Hump Day, Yeah!

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This camel showed up outside our mall over the weekend. Camel rides $5. Photos $10. Memories priceless. (But no, I don't know these kids!)

This camel showed up outside our mall over the weekend. Camel rides $5. Photos $10. Memories priceless. (And no, I don’t know these kids!)