Leave Your Worries At The Door
The sermon was about how damaging to the human psyche it is to worry, and the pastor had my undivided attention. If I had been at a tent revival instead of a Congregational service, I […]
The sermon was about how damaging to the human psyche it is to worry, and the pastor had my undivided attention. If I had been at a tent revival instead of a Congregational service, I […]
One would think that on the eve of my first solo day as the cook at a natural foods store/cafe I would have spent the night obsessing about how I was secretly incompetent. Surprisingly, I […]
Unfortunately, you can’t serve food to the public without those board of health types getting exercised over Shigella. A few weeks ago, I set out to get the Food Safety Manager’s certification online, thinking that […]
From Facebook to Facegook If you are indulging in the national Facebook confession session, then this is not the post for you. Close the browser right now, so you don’t have to unfriend me later. Fellow […]
It used to be that when a waitress greeted us with “Hi, my name is Ashley and I’ll be taking care of you tonight.” I would bristle. Damn! She can tell that I have iron-poor […]
A year or two ago, My Royal Consort and I did a good deed. Doing good deeds on the scale of the one we did, gets you some attention, whether you are up for it […]
I am one of those people who opts for the glory jobs—those jobs that look impressive but don’t take too much effort or time. For example, when I joined the missions committee at my church […]
After I woke up from my back surgery in October and realized that I was the luckiest woman ever, we decided to go hiking in Arizona over the holidays. We love to travel, and we […]
MOMENTS BEFORE LANDING IN DENVER, COLORADO I realized with stunning clarity that I had accidentally put the four of us on a plane to San Jose, California instead of San Jose, Costa Rica. It was […]
I just learned that Smith & Wesson is now marketing firearms to the ladies via that shopworn and scantily clad marketing tool known as “pink-washing.” Pink-washing refers to the ubiquitous pink that shows up on […]