Sunshine and Shadow

  On Saturday we did something that we always considered frivolous and sometimes secretly judged others for doing.  We spent money on a puppy. With one exception every dog we ever owned was either from the animal shelter, was given to us, or was a stray.  But something came over us.  We recently had our…

Be Careful Who You Ask

  She was so fetching in her British police uniform.  Young, pretty, and with a smile that would melt glaciers,  she was good naturedly hearing out an older man’s tirade made more vehement by too much alcohol.  When she saw us waiting to ask her a question, she politely ended the one sided conversation by…