by Marie Watts | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog
My husband and I have different ideas about gift wrapping for the holiday season. In the past, he took care of the wrapping without my assistance. Now, because his disability is worsening, I have been called upon to be the gift-wrapping assistant. Do you have cycles...
by Marie Watts | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog
Happily ever after—I can’t believe I ever bought into this horrendous lie. So, readers, bear with me, I’m on a rant today. Since I was small I was exposed to what Merriam-Webster calls an idiom: live happily ever after. Which means “to live happily for the rest of...
by Marie Watts | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog
Micro wrestling. Who knew? After shopping at Walmart, I returned to my truck only to find a flier advertising micro wrestling coming soon to an event venue outside of La Grange. The event was billed as “HIGH FLYING, BODY SLAMMING & OFF THE TOP ROPE! “OUTRAGEOUSLY...
by Marie Watts | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog
Geoffrey Holt’s lack of love of money was in the news recently. The eighty-two-year-old was the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Wearing threadbare clothes, he would ride his lawnmower to the convenience store. His mobile home was mostly...
by Marie Watts | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog
I remember the JFK assassination as if it happened yesterday. JFK ASSASSINATION SETTING THE SCENE Let me take you back to my home town, Baytown, Texas, Friday, November 22, 1963, population around 30,000. Six days prior to Thanksgiving, thirteen days till my...
by Marie Watts | Nov 13, 2023 | Blog
Christian nationalism is a hot topic these days. According to NPR, researchers recently found that more than half of Republicans believe the country should be a strictly Christian nation, either adhering to the ideals of Christian nationalism (21%) or sympathizing...
Recent Comments