Hands Off My Circadian Clock

We’re now on Daylight Savings Time–or “fast time” as my grandmother calls it (since that first day just flies by!). Bleh. My circadian clock is firmly meshed in the requisite 24-hour cycle. Yesterday, someone robbed me of an hour (hmmm, I think...

What? Me Worry?

When I was a child, we often slept with the windows open in our unair-conditioned house. At night, I could sometimes hear a train off in the distance. To me, the thrumming, throbbing pulse of the train sounded like a giant stomping across the hills. And, of course,...

Oh boy! Suffering!

Did you ever have one those days when you just wanted to throw your hands up in the air and shout, “I quit?” Work is too much, family is too demanding, friends just don’t get it. And God? Well, surely he forgot to check on you, because you just...