dave in the shack

I find you can discover your strengths at any age.  For example, I find I’m a better writer than I am an editor.  I have a full-length draft...

  Filling Up These Days My lawn needed mowing last Monday, but I was out of gas. In early April, I emptied what was left in my five-gallon...

  A Garbage Day Tale Although I’m 74, I am still not yet ready to admit that old people do eccentric things.  I also did things like this ...

I Care International may have served patients on the slope of a volcano before, but this was the first time I was aware of it.  Known as “...

There is a sign over the highway entrance into Walt Disney World (WDW) that proclaims it is “The Most Magical Place on Earth.”  I’d never be...

I was editing stories last week.  Stories that have become chapters in a book.  I like writing from scratch much better than editing, but yo...

  Brussels Sprouts (Thanksgiving 2025) June was with me in the spring when we planted the garden.  She had just turned four.  I explained ...