Note: It is 11/10/2020 and I put up that fucking tree yesterday. This is the absolute earliest I have ever lugged the dreaded box out of storage. I blame 2020. The whole world has gone to shit and this year hasn’t been bad enough so why not do something I detest a whole month early?!…

I grew up in a family that loved to scare each other. My favorite target was my young cousin. God forbid one of us got up to use the bathroom. More often than not, the other was hiding around the corner to scream “Boo!” every chance we got. It was terrifying and hilarious! As adults,…

The four of us had just finished moving our son into his university dorm when we were walking an extraordinary long way to find an administration office we needed for one final detail. We plodded along the dusty sidewalk in silence. We were tired and feeling pretty grumpy at this point. On the way, I…

“President” Trump: You have the attention span of a gnat so I doubt very much you’d take the time to read this or even pay attention if it were read to you by one of your butt licking lackeys. Just know this: as a mother missing her child (a parental love you may never understand),…

If that word brings a dance style to mind, you’re probably around my age. At the very least, you’re a Madonna fan (or hater). I was out on the dance floor with a guy that had gone to my high school. He was an excellent dancer — much more so than I. A song had…

I can usually write a blahg in my head while I’m doing stuff around the house or while out and about. Thoughts and images float inside my head, spontaneously rearranging and combining to form paragraphs that I just need to type out. I messaged the subject of this blahg to ask if it was okay…

During our most recent move, we took advantage of the unpacking service. This is an option that was always available but we never used because I wasn’t too keen on people touching all my stuff. I must admit that was a mistake because, honestly, it was awesome. Mainly, they just unwrap everything in the boxes…

I ran a way from home today. I woke up angry and could not shake it. To distract my mind, I rage-cleaned my bathroom to a sparking shine. The distraction was working until I looked down and saw my $200 bottle of Chanel No. 5 parfum on the floor. The air in the bathroom became…

I have always wanted to learn how to play the piano. Always. When I was about 33 years old, I got my hands on a secondhand piano that was huge, heavy, and smelled terrible due to wood moisture, most likely. I never touched it but it looked fabulous in my living room until we got…

I had an older cousin from my dad’s side who I idolized throughout my childhood. I didn’t see her much but relished the times we were up in Northern California to visit. Simply put —I adored her laughter and vitality. She was a hoot! Alas, she was closer to my siblings’ ages so I was…

When I still lived in Florida I saw or spoke to my BFF nearly every day. Now, I speak with her 3 or 4 times a week. Over the 7 years since I moved away, I’m still grateful to keep in touch with her regularly. She was my 7:30 am wake up call and we’d…

I love to laugh and I love to make people laugh. I have a loud, authentic laugh that can be heard from across the room. It feels fantastic to laugh and I miss it when I’m feeling less than cheerful. Strangely, I don’t miss it until the moment I laugh again and realize it had…