THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORZ https://www.npr.org/2020/12/13/945857578/sunday-puzzle-word-sandwiches On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar phrase in the form “___ & ___,” in which the first two letters of the first word plus the first two letters of the last word themselves spell a word. I’ll give you that [……]

A Series On What It’s Like To Give Birth To A Mexican Elephant PART 10:   Bringing Baby Home! Scheduled to move into my new home mid-December, I was ready to start my new life, but the house was not ready for me. What is another few weeks after waiting [……]

A Visit From St. Nickolas – (apology to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and down on the beachNot a renter was stirring, no income in reach.The sargassum was piled high and mind-numbing And owners were hoping St. Nick would soon be coming.   The turtles had nested and [……]