Book Reviews
Over Fifty Algorithmically
I guess because I’m over fifty and algorithms are real, I keep getting suggested links to articles with titles like, “Ten Outfits You Should Never Wear if You’re Over Fifty”…
Rent-a-Mom
I have a business idea that, if I had the energy to build from the ground up, would make me a zillionaire. Get this: Rent-a-Mom. There have been times when…
Picking Out Glasses
I went on my annual pilgrimage to the eye doctor earlier today. I’ve had eyeball surgery three times in my life, so the poking and prodding they do for a…
I Am a Magician
I was having lunch with my husband in a semi-fancy restaurant when I had an epiphany. Y’all, I am a freaking magician. I can turn a lightly grilled piece of…
Renaissance Festival
I went to visit my son a few weeks ago in Houston, home of the World’s Worst Highway System.[1] It was a busy, whirlwind trip, and one of the things…
In Defense of Gossip
When my kids were little, I made sure they knew there was a difference between tattling and telling. Tattling was bad. Tattling was telling on someone for the sole purpose…
Grownup’s Table
I remember being a little kid and being stuck at the grownup’s table. We might have been at a restaurant or at someone else’s house, but somewhere where retreating to…
A Whole Crop of New Germs
My daughter is a freshman at college. She is 800 miles away from home in a completely different type of environment. She has gone from the semi-rural south to metropolitan…
Do Unto Others
The other day, comedienne Leighann Lord tweeted out the following oh-so-profound statement: “I’m no longer interested in productivity being the measure of my humanity.”[1] That struck me like a lightning…
Spoiling Our Dog
My husband often accuses me of spoiling our dog. He says this because I allow him to sleep on my feet and lick my hands and sometimes I give him…
