Month: June 2025

Turf War: Defeat and Resurrection in Suburban Lawn Combat

It’s late winter. I stare out my glass door to the backyard, looking at the grass as it starts to stir from its winter hibernation. Signs of life pop everywhere. Everywhere save one spot—the Patch. My nemesis, my …

Mud, Blood, and Life Lessons: My First Mountain Biking Crash

“This is not ideal,” I thought as I catapulted over my bike’s handlebars into the creek below. Time crawled as I plummeted off the small bridge, the three-foot drop now looking like a stunt jump from a Tom …

Sheeple Blinders: When ‘Just Asking Questions’ Threatens Weather Radars

I like to follow the news—part civic duty, part masochistic tendency. Yet sometimes I come across an article so mind bogglingly bonkers, it makes me weep for our future. We had one of those recently.  Here’s the headline: …