he didn't call. and i really didn't expect him to, what with three months having passed already, an ordinary thursday (thanksgiving or no thanksgiving) really wouldn't make a difference. and it didn't.

i could have called him, yes, but the ball is in his court, no? when one hangs up on… Read full post »

When I had just finished college and was working as a waitress at a country club (see: servant) to pay my newly ready student loans, I splurged on a secret guilty pleasure. I ordered a Vogue magazine subscription from a fellow waitress whose son was selling them for some trip for… Read full post »

 Every Sunday afteroon my extended family gets together for a homestyle meal and some quality time together (i.e. three different kinds of creamed vegetables, butter soaked mashed potatoes and a slab of still-mooing meat, followed by gossip hour). This last Sunday was no different except that in… Read full post »

What makes the difference between a good day and a bad? Is it sunshine versus rain or smooth hair versus frizz? Pay day versus the day before pay day?

In the last month or so, I've had five years worth of bad days. It just seemed that everytime I turned around the… Read full post »

So this is my first post here on OS and I thought I'd start by sharing a very recent family horror story...

My very stubborn, very old, very wealthy great Uncle Bill lives just a hop, skip, & a jump down the road from me. So close, in fact, that his… Read full post »