Having graduated from the University of Georgia with a geology degree in June 1980, I moved to Brownwood, Texas, and began working in the Southwestern U.S. oilfields as a geologist logging oil and gas wells. During my time in Texas, I took up dove hunting. In August 1981, I paid … [Read more...]

For many years my friend Rick, a CPA, handled my IRS affairs. Rick was a vanguard standing between the IRS and me. He actually made tax season fun with his dry wit. Even losing a poker hand to Rick was fun. His fee for preparing my tax returns was very affordable: a case of beer … [Read more...]

It is still a mystery to me why I was assigned to the wrestling dorm my freshman year at college. My only experience with wrestling was with my ex-girlfriend's Siamese cat who would ambush me from above and land on my head. The cat was the best part of the relationship. I still … [Read more...]

Dilly Dan was a pickle man, selling his gherkins on the corner of 1st Avenue and 12th Street. His cart was in the shape of a dill and he wore a uniform of all green. Dan lived for pickles, eating them at every meal and dreaming of them at night. All was green and briny in Dan's … [Read more...]

The neurologist told me my brain was okay but had age-related atrophy. The news about my middle-aged shrunken brain blared at me like a trailer headline from a sci-fi B movie. Suddenly I was "The woman in the Land of the Shrunken Middle-Aged Brains." There are many people from … [Read more...]