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Twisted Family Values — Book Review and Author Q&A
Twisted Family Values by V.C. Chickering is a sexy gem of a book that spans generations without ever taking itself too seriously. The book travels across decades, going from the…
Up In Smoke
For the most part – and I get that this makes me fortunate and privileged – I am well insured enough that a well-placed lightning bolt to a particularly flammable…
Metaphorical Filters
For purposes of writing this article, I just did a search and learned that one should change one’s air conditioning filter in one’s home anywhere from every 30-90 days, depending…
Alpha Mom
I will grant you that we aren’t the best dog owners on the planet. I do not mean that we abuse our dog. Not in any way. If anything, he’s…
Hope for Humanity
Every once in a while,[1] I find myself getting down on the fate of humanity. If you need any proof of the state of man’s unkindness to fellow man, just…
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…
Candy 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…
Book 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…
Would 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…
A 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…
