A warm aura emanated from the perfectly crisp crust. The inside was neither too light nor too dense.  Honed with honey, each thick slice sank into our stomachs like soft, broken earth into a riverbed.
Although it would soon be eroded out of existence, it would be remembered as the best bread Adam had ever [...]

that lived in a shoe.   More specifically an old work boot that I have in the shed.  It should have been in the trash, but if it can be used to lodge a bunch of homeless squawkers, or squatters rather, then far be it from me to deny them that courtesy.

A little while ago, I mentioned that a mysterious egg had been discovered on the premises of Piscataway Acres.  Experts later determined that the egg belonged to the rhea family.  The farm had several offers to purchase the exotic egg from museums and wildlife centers, some of which were offering millions of dollars.  Ultimately, my [...]

Sure, the city has economic opportunity.  That’s why whole swathes of the world’s populations have been sucked into them.  But they can also be confining and stuffy.  So stuffy in fact that people who can leave.

Flattered though Molly was that she looked good enough to eat, she wasn’t ready to be someone’s roast beef dinner.

It was business as usual as I toured the animal grounds today when this yellow, yolk-filled gem caught my eye lying discretely in the shade of a nearby tree.  It looked like an egg and acted like an egg, so of course I presumed it was an egg, but it was an egg unlike any [...]