How to Use an Umbrella
Josh Bowman is spending the next couple of weeks offering tips on how to do basic activities (you’re welcome). Today: using an umbrella. Ella. Ella. Eh. Eh. Eh.Take it down when you are walking under...
View ArticleSudden Downpour
Angel Garcia’s speaker is “trying to be a good man” even as he finds himself faced with the oldest of temptations.—Sudden DownpourI am trying to be a good man. Yesterday morning,smoking a cigarette on...
View ArticleAwake the Rains
Moving like liquid moonlight, they carry the dreams of heaven deep into the earth.–––“Wakinyan Tanka, the great Thunderbird, lives in his tipi on top of a mountain in the sacred Paha Sapa, the Black...
View ArticleBeauty in the Broken: A Lesson in Personal Loss
Erin Kelly reflects on the day her freedom was taken away due to a recent flood in her hometown.–––It’s said that you should never make a decision based on someone else’s opinion of you, your...
View ArticleThe Amputee, The Woman Next to Him, and The Umbrella
View image | gettyimages.comOften times, truly powerful actions do not come from celebrities or politicians or superstar athletes. They come from ordinary people. People just like you and I.____I...
View ArticleMusings: Centerfold
View image | gettyimages.comHere’s what happened when he stumbled across a sight he didn’t think he’d ever see.___Editor’s Note: In honor of Playboy no longer posting nudes, we’ve been collecting...
View ArticleDon’t Let Camping Mishaps Ruin Your Family Fun
Embed from Getty ImagesHere’s what to expect from the unexpected and what to do.—Camping is a great way to spend time outdoors with your family – canoeing on a lake, hiking through the woods, or just...
View ArticleAs Easy As
As Easy AsI remember downpour and torrent: wildflowers hammeredand bent, everything drenched—a stitch in my side fromrunning. Rain on the path ankle-deep over broken stones,and rising. When I stopped...
View ArticleThe Art of Racing in the Rain
Someone asked about novels I can stand to re-read.The Queen’s Gambit, of course, for reasons you’ll understand if you click to my review.Check out the book on Amazon here.To my astonishment, “The Art...
View Article10 Ways To Recycle Your Christmas Tree
Your Christmas tree has served you well during the Holiday Season, but it’s time to take down the tree. What do you do with it? If you have an artificial tree, you fold it up and put it in a storage...
View ArticleThe Storm of My Thirteenth Birthday
Embed from Getty Images—Shivering, I huddle beneath a scraggly pinewatch hailstones ricochet off gnarled and twistedtree trunks, collecting in shallow pools on the groundas rain weaves gray veils...
View ArticleYoungest Son
Youngest Son*** Read more of Tina Cane’s poetry.Interested in submitting poetry to The Good Men Project? Check out our guidelines.Photo by ViktorDobai/Flickr The post Youngest Son appeared first on...
View ArticleJomboy on Baseball, a Breakdown: The Mets, in Quite Possibly the Most Mets...
Here is Jomboy’s breakdown of last week’s Mets vs. Cardinals game from last week. This is, quite possibly, the most Mets thing ever. With the Mets up 2 runs with 2 outs to and their ace closer on the...
View ArticleAtmospheric River Storms Can Drive Costly Flooding – and Climate Change Is...
— By Tom Corringham, University of California San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of...
View ArticleA Day of Rain, Followed by a Little Time in the Park
It was about 3:00 last night when the rain began. About 6:00 it was still coming down and dragged me out of bed. Coffee, some fresh air and it was a new day. A rainy day to be sure, but a new day. It...
View Article5 Reasons Rainfall Is Simply the Best Thing on Earth
In the film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, there is a scene towards the end where a distraught Marianne is standing on a hillside in the pouring rain whispering the name of her lost love,...
View ArticleRainy Weekend Days
There is nothing quite like a good rainy day. OK, it’s not actually raining right now, but it’s cool and cloudy and the threat is present. And I , for one, am pretty glad for it. First of all, I love...
View ArticleIndoor Activities for Kids on a Rainy Day: 25 Fun Ways To Keep Busy
It’s raining outside. There are puddles everywhere and your kids are bored. You don’t want to go out, so what else can you do? The answer is simple: indoor activities for kids on a rainy day! This...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Upping Hurricane Rainfall Totals
By Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook The researchers analyzed the entire 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season in conjunction with human activity that affects climate change. They found that hourly...
View ArticleIt’s Raining, It’s Pouring
I’m recovering from Murdercon AKA the Writers Police Academy this week, so it’s a shorter post, but at least I’m keeping up my streak. Saturday’s banquet address by Bob Dugoni was terrific. I remember...
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