Are you thinking about taking a trip through South Dakota? Please allow me to walk you through how that trip will go. . . The anticipation about seeing Mount Rushmore will get you to Mount Rushmore without too much thought. I mean, dead Presidents carved into a mountain- nothing else quite says “this is America … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Mon-tan-ya
Did you think that Montana was just mountains, and horses, and an extra tall sky? Well shame on you, because it also has sheep. Also, IT’S GORGEOUS. I kid you not, I seldom get romantic about landscape but apparently the settlers forgot to go through Montana because it looks virtually untouched after God painted it … Continue reading
Pants less painter
I recently participated (am participating) in a scarf swap. When the scarf I would be receiving was on it’s way to me I saw a man at my local coffee shop and this man happened to be a house painter. I’ve noticed here and there that house painters often tie hankercheifs losely around their neck. … Continue reading
An ER farewell
(If you came here to see George Clooney, I apologize, but unfortunately he isn’t here.) I have spent the last nearly five years working in an emergency room. It has always been a great conversation piece, I love that pace of work, and I have had some of the funniest (and saddest) times there. Not … Continue reading
And now I compare the flu shot to venereal disease
What do venereal disease and the flu vaccine have in common?You can get both of them at Walmart, most health care facilities, and the back of a touring bus. So why do I not get a flu shot each year?BECAUSE IT’S CREEPY. Okay, that’s not the only reason but I’m not going to get into … Continue reading