I think about it all the time. I do it several times a week. I really want to do it every day. Everybody I know does it. It’s dirty laundry and it’s in my face constantly. I suffer from a kind of laundry phobia. Forget that adage about seeing the glass half empty or half full. … [Read more...]

We were on our first date. We had dinner, had gone to a movie, did coffee , and still didn’t want the night to end. So, we headed to my place at about 4 in the morning; he had to be at work by 7. Shortly after we got to my apartment, he asked me where my bathroom was. I told … [Read more...]

"I Chaperoned the Middle School Dance… and All I Got Was This Lousy Migraine" My hell began with an innocent email from the Middle School Band Director. She needed parents to chaperone the dance. The request landed on vulnerable ears: me, a guilt-laden mother who had neither … [Read more...]

My mother and stepfather have retired to what she calls “the country.” If you’re picturing cows, pigs, and chickens, erase that image. They moved into a subdivision with 350 beige houses. Still, to my mother it’s the country because “it’s near farms.” In truth, the closest farm … [Read more...]

I am a woman with varied interests. I am fond of animals. I play musical instruments. I like to watch crime shows and British situation comedies (and by watch, I mean hoard the DVDs and watch them repeatedly until my corneas glaze over). I like to read any humorous material I can … [Read more...]