Toon and text by John Auchter My wife and I have a Japanese maple we planted several years ago as part of our house landscaping. It's been a nice little tree — generally healthy, somewhat sturdy (our cats like to climb to the top and pretend they're vultures), but it's never … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Dear graduates, go forth and do away with these things
Usually by the time I get around to my annual advice column for graduating college seniors, the loftier concepts have all been taken. For instance, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook guy, told Harvard grads he got a girl to go out with him by telling her, “I’m going to get kicked … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: Grandpas are no match for grandkids
I saw a post on Facebook recently that caught my interest and I had to share it. It made me smile as well as remember a few things from when my own kids were young. The post was of a reader board somewhere that read, “No matter how big and bad you are, when a 2-year-old hands you … [Read more...]