I never saw the ice But I felt it The back end of the pickup I was driving mdash my grandfather rsquo s mdash fishtailed One swerve two three mdash and I was airborne flying off a fifteen-foot embankment I remember thinking This would be awesome if I wasn rsquo t going to die A moment later the truck crunched into the steep slope and rolled to the bottom I crawled out of the crushed cab unscathed The truck was utterly totaled that December morning in God had spared me But what about my grandfather What would he say In [... more]

When my daughter received a pair of pet crabs as a gift she filled a glass tank with sand so the creatures could climb and dig She supplied water protein and vegetable scraps for their dining pleasure They seemed happy so it was shocking when they disappeared one day We searched everywhere Finally we learned they were likely under the sand and would be there for about two months as they shed their exoskeletons Two months passed and then another month elapsed and I had begun to worry that they rsquo d died The longer we waited the more impatient [... more]

In Martin Handford rsquo s book Where rsquo s Waldo nbsp a series of children rsquo s puzzle books first created in the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat blue jeans brown boots and glasses Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world Waldo isn rsquo t always easy to see but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him Though looking for God isn rsquo t really like looking for Waldo in [... more]