Weasel in the House!

Imagine my surprise. A couple of weeks ago I am at home alone, sitting in a living-room chair and I see something scoot out from under the couch. Startled, I get up out of the chair to see this…weasel (it’s a stoat actually, I had no idea what it was at the time - [...]

Good Sports-Womanship

Now here is something you don’t see every day.
In a woman’s college baseball game last weekend between Western Oregon and Central Washington, Sara Tucholsky hit the first home-run of her college career. Unfortunately, in her excitement rounding first base she missed touching the bag. As she turned to retrace her steps, her right knee buckled [...]

Sink The 8-Ball

Pool is a game of angles. I was shooting pool with a colleague tonight. I managed to force all three games with him down to the final ball. Both of us trying to sink that elusive “8-ball”. Somehow, I managed to lose all three games. So close and yet, so far. Close to victory yet [...]