Tag: fear
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Two Sides Of Unexpected
While we were sweltering in 90-degree weather here in Florida, with rising humidity and folks with the early summer grumpies, our Colorado family had a late-season snow. It had been 70 degrees the day before, and then, lo and behold, temperatures dropped, and it snowed–eight inches. Part of me was a little jealous. Walking out…
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Ferris Wheel Of Fear
photo courtesy of Jorgen Hendriksen on Unsplash We had an incident. We have lived in a quiet neighborhood for quite a while, a place where we not only enjoy our neighbors but also feel safe knowing that they have our backs if something goes wrong. We live on a spring-fed pond that isn’t very large…
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A Spoonful Of Sugar
I don’t understand the excitement over Ring Pops. Granted, they’re sugary, easy to carry, ring-around-a-finger kind of candy. And for those who love lollipops, they’re a fine alternative. I’ve always seen them as a means to migrate stickiness from the mouth to the fingers to the clothes. I never liked lollipops. Kids, however, love them.…
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Stage Presence
He’s typically very animated and bubbly around people. He’s never at a loss for words, and his grins are contagious. Seeing him onstage, however, had me wondering what happened to the four-year-old Nolan I know and love. He and his preschool classmates were doing an end-of-the-year program, with singing and hand motions that were upbeat…
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Squirm
What happens when you get a stage full of bats, worms, snakes, and spiders? You get a corporate “Eww,” reflecting all things that make us squirm. Seven-year-old Cal and his fellow students put on a production that emphasized all things that cause our stomachs to twitch and our phobias to rise to the surface. A…
Tip of My Iceberg 