It wasn’t until the movie “10” came out in 1979 that the previously fairly subtle system of men rating women’s looks by assigning them a number from… Read more “The First Gift Given”
An Apartment of One’s Own
“I love living alone. I feel like the queen of my own little castle.” Those were the words my son’s girlfriend posted on Facebook after moving into… Read more “An Apartment of One’s Own”
Better early than never
My husband and I share a lot of things. A love of cats, cafe au lait, and bad Burt Reynolds movies (a redundancy, I know) to name… Read more “Better early than never”
Once a Girl Scout…
I recently came across a Cadette Girl Scout Handbook on my bookshelf, a relic I found at the library a few years back, checked out and never… Read more “Once a Girl Scout…”
The tao of Candy Land
Since electronic games weren’t in existence when I was growing up, my friends and I played a lot of board games. Some I loved (Life and Clue)… Read more “The tao of Candy Land”
Go ahead, kill the mom!
“You wouldn’t like it,” my son informed me when I asked him how he enjoyed the movie he’d just seen. I didn’t argue since I haven’t liked… Read more “Go ahead, kill the mom!”
Decisions, decisions
My husband came to a decision a few months ago. Actually, he came to his supposed last decision when he decided that he would no longer be… Read more “Decisions, decisions”
Passively-aggressively yours
I had a pretty big mental debate going on the other day as I tried to decide which was more passive-aggressive: not responding to emails or putting… Read more “Passively-aggressively yours”
Sugar and spice and everything…
I have a sneaking suspicion that most people look at me and think they see a nice middle-aged mom wearing stretch jeans from Walmart who drives an… Read more “Sugar and spice and everything…”
Thinking outside the box
I just saw a news story about a man who was visiting his son in jail and somehow got trapped in an apparently off-the-beaten- trail cell for… Read more “Thinking outside the box”
