The Halloween Cat

Did you know that black cats came into existence because of a well-evolved genetic mutation and they are more likely to survive in the wild because they can make themselves unseen in the dark? Uuu, spooky! Black cats have long been associated with witches and Halloween and the most common Halloween cat pose is this:…

Autumn’s colors

…I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air. Nathaniel Hawthorne Nature is amazing, and, daily, it gives us gifts and reasons to enjoy being alive that we take for granted. As I walk in…

Mistakes

We all make mistakes and we shouldn’t beat ourselves up because of it. Life is too complex to always make the right decisions but is important to learn the lessons life throws at us. Time may be lost, but the lessons stay with us forever. Making mistakes, and learning from them, help us evolve and…

Food for thought Thursday

Anybody who thinks there’s nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God…

Shall we dance?

Today I invite you to let go of your worries and shake your body! Let’s dance while we’re still alive! Invite your spouse for a dance, and see if you can still remember your wedding dance. Do you still get the moves? Or fool around by yourself, dance while making dinner, doing the dishes, or…

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

(Maybe you should watch the movie before reading this. Some spoilers ahead!) I started reading Stephen King when I was around 14 and I stumbled upon his books by mistake. I still remember that autumn evening when, after school, I went to the library to return an Anne Rice book and I was looking through…