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Okay, that’s it. My TV has to go. I can’t afford to keep it. No, it’s not guzzling too much electricity. But whenever I turn it on, an insidious infomercial is blaring; and unless I’m suddenly struck deaf and blind, odds are it’s going to cost me—big time. Sure enough, though I … [Read more...]
I’ve been meaning to do more travel writing, and not just because I heard you can cadge free trips for doing so. Many great writers of the world (Hemingway, Shakespeare, Napoleon) got free trips to far off places and wrote about them for fun and profit. Why not me? Just to show … [Read more...]
It had been nine months since Hurricane Katrina; I finally sold my crusty, mold-soaked home and car in the soup-bowl city of New Orleans. With the population cut in half and businesses not open, a single, middle-aged woman with gray hair and decorated arms displaying Goddess … [Read more...]
One thing I’ve discovered since moving to Florida from New Jersey; it doesn’t matter what state I’m in, my hearing sucks. That’s why I made an appointment with an audiologist – that and because a few weeks ago my TV was so loud, I was getting complaints from my neighbors...in … [Read more...]
The night before the first day of school was always the longest night of my life. I’d lie awake wondering about my locker location, what my teachers would be like, who I’d share a lunch table with, and whether my ""trapper keeper"" was still in style or as antiquated as the … [Read more...]