Tigers belong in the wild. The few people who spend any amount of time taming them are exceptions to the rule. They might feel a calling to a profession like circus tiger tamer or movie animal wrangler that propels them down their dangerous career path. However, even the most successful ones can end up making a fatal mistake. The Crocodile Hunter, recently, and Gentle Ben's handler in the 1970's learned the hard way that wild animals are not safe. Through my experience playing trumpet in the...

The Three Misapprehensions The freckled sunset smiled like a simple country girl who still knew the sincere, natural world. However, I was busy dreaming of a stressful situation. My head smacked against the Plexiglass commuter train window yet again as my glove dropped with a wet smack on the slushy floor. With a resentful sneer, I decided to stay awake the last three stops. I cherished the March sunset. The sight of the sun at ten after six represented an emergence into happier seasons. In t...

The freckled sunset smiling like a simple country girl who still knew the sincere, natural world, my head smacked against the Plexiglass commuter train window, yet again. My glove dropped with a wet smack on the slushy floor, at the same time. With a resentful sneer, I decided to stay awake the last three stops. I cherished the March sunset, for, in my dreary cubicle half-life, the sight of the sun at ten after six represented an emergence into happier seasons. In two days, I would be alive ...