Thursday, 3/18/10: "Out of the Darkness"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/opinion/18thu4.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg was driving in the dark, but then the sun came up, and then it was light.

Thursday, 3/11/10: "After You"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/opinion/11thu4.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg loves driving through a four-way stop.

Monday, 3/1/10: "Sometimes the Smallest Things"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/opinion/02tue4.html?scp=1&sq=verlyn&st=cse

The Internet taught Verlyn Klinkenborg a better way to tie his shoes.

Sunday, 2/21/10: "Behind the House"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/opinion/21sun4.html?ref=opinion

There are cats behind Verlyn Klinkenborg's rented house in Claremont. There's a gray one and a long-haired one and a gray-and-white one and more -- nearly a dozen so far! He would, "of course," prefer birds.

Saturday, 1/23/10: "Storm Week"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/opinion/23sat4.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg is in California and it's raining.

Sunday, 1/17/10: "The Road West"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17sun4.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg was nervous about his cross-country road trip, but luckily it passed "entirely without incident."

Sunday, 1/3/10: "Snowing Forward"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/opinion/03sun4.html?ref=opinion

As of press time, it is still snowing on Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm.