Lost on a Loop Trail: You’re doing it wrong
"You're doing it wrong," Bobby says. "I am? There is a right way?" I ask, mystified that I'm actually having this conversation. "Yes," Bobby replies.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Popular Gray
"I like that one," I say, pointing to a small gray brushstroke that is next to other hues of small gray brushstrokes on our living room wall. "What is it called?" Allison looks at the color and the little paint jars that sit below each one.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Superpowers
"If you could be granted the power to fly or the power of invisibility, which one would you choose and why?" I recently listened to an old episode of the "This American Life" radio show. The theme for the hour was superpowers.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Sam, the stellar glaucous gull
Not too long ago, a rare bird visited Maine and caused a lot of excitement. The bird, a Steller's sea eagle, is typically found in Asia and must have been using up its travel points to see other parts of the world, which included a stopover in Georgetown.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Stay away from …
Though his trial has not started yet, I am looking forward to learning why he thought he could get away with it. Did he think he was untouchable because he is rich and famous? Because he once carried a "license to kill"?
Lost on a Loop Trail: Safety first
A few years ago, a relative from out of state visited me. While driving down Cundy's Harbor Road, he came upon a line of cars that had stopped because a tree had fallen.
Lost on a Loop Trail: This column is amazing because I’m a human being
When I mistook my wife's beloved poppy plant for a weed and mowed it down, I did not, upon her discovery of the newly deceased, identify my species and expect that to make things alright.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Do not drink the preservative
A holiday memory from a Christmas past… Spread out before me are the components of an adult science kit: gadgets, gizmos, tubes, crystals, powders, vials, test strips, a very large magnet, and a weighty book of instructions.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Parking outside the lines
It's a Sunday afternoon and I'm at the grocery store, driving around, looking for a place to park. Close to the store, cars fill the hundreds of games of tic-tac-toe outlined on the tar. I see a pickup truck taking up two precious spots.
Lost on a Loop Trail: How do I look?
My wife and I are in a dressing room at Macy's. I am wearing a mint green shirt covered with paddleboards. "You think I can wear this to work?" "Paddleboards are cool," Ally says. "And you can wear this untucked with a navy blue T-shirt underneath."
