Lately, I’ve been stuck in underwear hell. Hope this isn’t TMI for you, but the issue has driven me to the soapbox. After losing a good deal of weight, my undies began drooping. First, I headed to a big box store and spent a good fifteen minutes searching for the...
Yellow jacket stings gave me a crude welcome last week. I retaliated the first time by spraying the crap out of the nest on the door to my office. Four days later, the same thing happened, this time from a house above the entrance. Again, armed with long-stream...
Super Mario Bros. makes a game of smashing evil turtles named Koopa Troopas. Smashing a turtle (a real one) two days in a row is not fun but upsetting. Most people believe smashing a turtle to be difficult, but I have managed to do it two days in a row. We’ve had...
I am proud to be an early adherent to the great reshuffling. In 2003, I lost my job, became self-employed full time, and, tired of the Houston rat race, moved to my second home in rural central Texas. (Something had to give. I couldn’t afford both places.) ...
Last week my husband and I joined hordes of gambling seniors at a casino in Louisiana. Frankly, I was stunned at the substantial number of gray hairs, wheelchairs, walkers, and scooters assembled. Did you know that seniors make up fifty percent of casino visitors?...
I’ve had nightmares before. Usually, it involves not finishing a college degree, dreaming of a math test, or unable to find my classroom on a college campus. I remember as a small child unsuccessfully trying to raise the kickstand of my bicycle to get away from a...
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