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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…
New 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…
Stay-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…
BOOK 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…
I 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…
