The Wormlips Scrapbook

My sister, trying to comprehend something, said, “I just can’t wrap my teeth around it.” According to a Library Journal article by Stephen Abram that Sally forwarded, the Chinese representation of the word for change combines the characters for danger and opportunity. Perhaps they see the relationship between the two as equal. I don’t. This [...]

I know, I know. I should be working. But one has to prioritize: make a living, or write about pigs. The choice is clear. A hundred years ago, before people could avoid reality by playing on the Internet, a favorite pastime was putting together a pig book. I don’t think I’m making this up, the [...]

July 21, 2006 Around 5 o’clock this afternoon I was yacking with my visiting friend Beth when I had the sudden urge to go to the pet adoption store. She indulged me. Needless to say, I left with an overnight foster dog. Jack is a huge, blonde, shepherdy-faced dog. I asked Beth, who knows a [...]