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The Real Toilet Paper Wars
I am a big fan of indoor plumbing. I am NOT a fan of indoor plunging. There is nothing more gag-producing than jamming a wood-and-rubber plunger into a poo filled…
Mrs. Potato Head
I have always looked like I came from Russian peasant stock. I have a face that looks like it was carved from a potato. My broad shoulders were designed for…
Book Review: Flood Girls
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] The Flood Girls “The Flood Girls” by Richard Fifield is a quirky, different kind of book, populated with unusual, flawed, and likeable characters. Rachel Flood is returning…
Miss Trunchbull
About ten years ago, I had eyeball surgery which implanted contact lenses right in front of my retinas. This allowed me to go glasses free for a long time. Recently,…
Book Review — A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea: A Novel “A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea” by Dina Nayeri is a moving, haunting novel about a girl growing up…
A Night at the Opera
I get it. You have some preconceived notion of the Opera being stuffy and boring and something that only rich people do after a diet of caviar and foie gras…
Book Review: Life With My Idiot Family
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice over Childhood Sexual Abuse If you knew Kathy Picard in high school or junior…
Game Changer
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]My life has recently changed for the better. My son got his driver’s license, and it is an absolute game changer. We did not run out and buy…