I went to my first Yoga session today. I met a kindly gentleman up front who would be the instructor. Once in the hot room where we would practice, he suddenly transformed into a cross between Mahatma Ghandi, Richard Simmons, and Adolph Hitler. His words were soft-spoken, but…
At some point, we've all had at least one event that literally scared us something fierce, but today’s was definitely a first for me. It happened as I stepped into a port-o-potty in a park that I visit quite frequently. No sooner had the spring-loaded door slammed behind…
Driving in, there were wooden posts holding up the guardrails on the side of the road, wet from earlier rains and morning dew. In the beams of sunlight that shone through the canopy of leaves above, they gave off wisps of steam and mist, almost as if still…
This is a story that starts by saying "I cleaned it all up before she got home," which I did. Like the opening in a balloon that is flying around the room, it seamed that the pressures of far too much entropy discovered a weak spot, and that…
Fall is coming. I can see it in the subtle changes all around me. Nothing overt such as changing leaves, yet all around me the land feels like Fall. The days are shorter, the mornings colder, the air is crisper, and the sky is returning to its Winter…
Written in a politically caustic work place. Copyright (C) 1995, by Ashley Guberman Scan the message header to see who sent the message so that you know what state of mind to put yourself in before opening it. It is vitally important that all messages are read with…
Fall is coming. Yes, already. Though in truth, it has been here since the Autumnal Equinox, it has only been it the last few days that fall has made its presence known. Ever so slowly, an isolated tree here or there would begin to change color, but it…
An original, true story Copyright (C) 1998, by Ashley Guberman So here’s the scenario: I was living in Broomfield, Colorado, just south of Boulder. I had an interview in Yosemite, California, a friend in Arcadia, Washington I had not seen in 4 years, and an Advanced First Aid…