The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Nature

  • Come the Apocalypse, I Want to be with my Dog.

    I have a new theory. The best possible thing that can happen when you are searching for a mate is a horrible first date, because then you can see how that person reacts under pressure. Stress separates the men from the boys. It cuts through all the surface bs and shows you what someone is…

  • Habits You Didn’t Even Know You Had, or “Who’s Driving This Body, Anyway?”

    When you get dressed in the morning, do you do sock, sock, shoe, shoe, or sock, shoe, sock shoe? Most people don’t know without taking their shoes off and trying it. And even THEN they won’t be sure that they’re doing it the way they usually do. Unless you’re extremely obsessive, your body is on…

  • Your Body is Smarter than You Are

    When I woke up from the anesthesia, my doctor was staring at me in awe. He said, “I’ve removed at least 1000 appendixes (appendices?) in my career, and yours was at least 3 times longer than the longest one I’ve ever seen.” I’m convinced that to this day he has it in a jar somewhere.…

  • Nature is what’s happening while you’re not looking.

    Nature is what’s happening while you’re not looking.

    I’m a lucky woman to be able to observe the world in long running increments.