Jonny Bird

A  friend asked me a throwaway question last year. It was never meant to be thought of deeply. “Did you ever wonder what happened to Jackie

Every year around Christmastime, members of my family each go to their little plastic boxes and pull out a card with a recipe that has

If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve probably attended more family birthday parties than you can count. They often begin with the best intentions. Everyone arrives

With all of the current talk and fears of the new “megavirus” making its way around, I thought about other contagions that have caused panic

There’s a lot of debate over when life begins. But what about when living ends? Irving Locker, a 101-year-old World War II veteran of the

We are all faced with choices, every minute of every day. Most have little consequence, like choosing bacon or sausage or what shirt to wear.

I’m sitting at a dimly lit picnic table at a rest stop outside Ocala, Florida. The clock on my computer says 12:12 a.m..  Good…still time to

It’s happened to all of us at one time. We could be in a car or watching a movie when a song comes on and lights

You may have celebrated New Year’s Eve on December 31st, but did you know you could celebrate it again tonight? It’s the end of one

Dear Younger Me: You never told me about this thing called getting older. I guess that’s fair, though.  There are a lot of things I

Life is a whirlwind of activities that are barely noticed as they are happening and barely remembered after they’re over. It’s a pace that we