This Halloween I've decided that my ex-husband should be a zombie. I'm not an authority on zombies, but I've heard that they're single-minded and  impossible to reason with and hard to get rid of, and so is he. I can't make him disappear or be reasonable  and we've been officially divorced… Read full post »

In five hours I'm supposed to be at my friend Carla's  house for Food Club, and I'm  expected to  have in hand something I've made to share with Carla,  Eileen and Kayla, who will also be bringing food they've made to share with  the rest of us.  We arrive with our … Read full post »

While we were growing up Mom used  certain proverbs in an attempt to guide and advise my sisters and me.  Some were repeated often, apparently so they would become ingrained in our psyches.  "Why buy the cow if the milk is free?" was one of her favorites, borrowed, I think, from… Read full post »

Who are these people and how what color is the ozone in their world?  

I realize that I don't often  rub elbows with with people like those who are packing the Town Hall forums and accusing legislators  home for the summer recess of being Communists, Nazis, or just… Read full post »