The uber-coveted job interview that would buoy your means above the poverty line proceeded swimmingly until you flashed that "blue chip" grin with more color varietals than a Pollock canvas or the checkout line at Aldi. Decades of bottomless espressos, R.J. Reynolds patronage, … [Read more...]

I was having a pleasant Sunday breakfast recently with my daughter and new son-in-law at a local restaurant. We had just returned from the buffet table with our plates full of all the pretty colors of breakfast choices. What a delightful morning, I thought, to enjoy an outing … [Read more...]

I Kn txt. Kn U? Even though I’m past the modern girl age, I know the current skill of text messaging on my cell phone. Actually, I’ve been texting for the past 50 years. Everyone thinks my plastic brain has learned a new task, but little do they know that the deep ruts of … [Read more...]

The mood at the gathering was a bit solemn - but then it was a funeral. Still, it really was no more somber than my workplace. I actually saw more happy faces there than I do at work (a sad fact … but another story altogether.) Technically, this was a memorial service and not a … [Read more...]

I love reading, writing, and watching television (thank you Americas Next Top Model). However, in my “spare time,” when I really cannot get out of it, I go visit my girlfriend at college. She goes to college up in the mountains of Virginia, it is a nice place if you love being … [Read more...]