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Jerk Jerk
We live, so it seems, in bubbles and behind glass screens. They may be computer screens, or phone screens, or the windshields of our cars, but no matter what there…
Read MoreCandy Grams and Mammograms
There comes a time in a middle-aged woman’s life when she must bear her breasts to a stranger for smooshing and radiating in the name of health. I mean, she…
Read MoreBook Review — Frozen Dinners
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”onLoad”][/sg_popup] “Frozen Dinners” is a memoir by Elaine Ambrose detailing her experience growing up in Idaho. Her father, a hard working but difficult man struggled to provide for…
Read MoreWould You Do That To A Puppy?
I was sitting on the sofa petting my dog. It had been a bad day, and I was thinking how much better I felt stroking his fur and feeling his…
Read MoreA Stabbing Pain in the Neck
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”onLoad”][/sg_popup] There comes a time in any decades-long marriage, no matter how solid, loving, and in-for-the-long haul when you want to stab your beloved in the eye with…
Read MoreNew Year Same Me
With the new year comes a whole slew of social media posts, blogs, and articles titled a variation on “New Year, New You.” These are, I suppose, intended to be…
Read MoreStay-Away-Muffs
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”hover”][/sg_popup]Considering the fact that I listen and talk for a living, I sure do get tired of listening and talking. By the end of the week, I reach…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW — Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”hover”][/sg_popup] Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking People have been telling me to read “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World…
Read MoreI Left You Alone for Ten Minutes Part 2
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”onLoad”][/sg_popup] As you will recall from last week’s column, I left my husband alone for ten minutes at a street fair in South Carolina, 200 miles away from…
Read MoreI Left You Alone for Ten Minutes
[sg_popup id=”2131″ event=”onLoad”][/sg_popup]I didn’t grow up with pets. My father has a basic contempt for any critter that doesn’t have the sense to be born a human being. My mother…
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