Book Reviews
Even Ice Cream has Nutritional Value
I have a writing friend who, in addition to other things, is obviously highly intelligent and insightful. She mentioned, at the last collective of writers[1] that she was working on…
Serenity Means Holding Your Taters
I have a cross-stitched rendering of the Serenity Prayer on my wall in my office. The Serenity Prayer, in case you don’t know goes like this: God grant me: The…
Frankly, I’m Just Not That Important
We’re gonna have to do something about the pace at which time is whipping by. I’ve got, by my estimate, about 178 years’ worth of things left on my to-do…
Turning Away Ice Cream on your Death Bed
When my mother was in hospice care, she craved those little bitty ice cream cones with a baby scoop of ice cream and a hard chocolate coating like these. She…
Sucking Down Carbon Monoxide or Public Transportation: A Choice I’m Not Allowed to Make
For the life of me, I will never understand why people prefer to be sitting in traffic, sucking down carbon monoxide from the tailpipe of the car in front of…
Your Wordle Guesses are a Good Indicator of your Psyche
Like 98% of the English speaking world, I have been playing Wordle. Wordle, in case you are one of the 2%, or in the event that you are reading this…
Just Start the Zoom Already! You’ve had 3 years to figure out how to mute.
Okay, people. It’s 2023, not 2019. I would have been much more patient and understanding four years ago. But here we are, having had over three years since the start…
Stress in my Entertainment
‘Stress’ is, I guess, a relative term. I feel like I have a pretty stressful life, with a high pressure job, a house and kids to take care of. But,…
Writing in Cursive
I often hear people my age and older bemoaning the fact that children are no longer taught writing in cursive in school. Aside from the fact that people’s signatures look…
Hermit Buddy
Here are the top five things I remember thinking and can’t believe I actually used to think that: I think you’ll notice a prevailing theme. I used to go out…
