Category - Moments

Zyrtec, my beloved allergy medication, keeps me human. Claritin and Clarinex make my heart pound the way it did the first time I met Clyde. (Nice back then, but not so nice when you're trying to doze off at night.) For all the good they do me, I...

Last Valentine's Day, Clyde surprised me with tickets to London, where we plan to see Equus (that's French, I think, for Harry Potter's Lost His Britches), take in a few great movies, see some experimental theatre, and run around town with friends...

An older couple in our condo complex owns a huge RV. (This particular model, mentioned previously, is called "Everest" for a reason!) Covenants forbid large vehicles from being parked on the property, but these folks have made it abundantly clear...

If you live in Jackson, Mississippi, you've probably rented at least one movie from Video Library -- one of the largest video stores in the southeast, and Jackson's last independently-owned video store. For more than twenty-five years, my partner...

At some point over the past three years, Chelsea -- our Terrier-Dauschund mix -- pinpointed Clyde as The Big Dog in our household. When Clyde and I walk into the house together, Clyde is consistently greeted first. When orders must be given, Clyde's...

Miracle fruit looks like a fat, oblong holly berry: smaller than a grape, bigger than a blueberry. The skin ranges from bright red to pale reddish-yellow. The pulp has a range of tastes, depending on the berry, from dull and flavorless to faintly...