How I Won My Wife
First off, I’m sensitive to the offensiveness of the possessive pronoun “my” in the title, as if my wife belongs to me—though I admit, after 30 years of marriage, I do feel we belong together. […]
Tag: marriage
The Joy of Cooking Is In the Eating
While my better half recovered from surgery a few years ago, I did most of the cooking. I learned something about myself during that time: I hate cooking. That is to say, I hate doing […]
Social Distancing for Spouses
Shelter in place is still the order of the day in many places. Social distancing is the medically recommended norm when outside. Now, for marital harmony, I support a directive mandating social distancing for spouses […]
My Wife Wants Me Recalled
Dear Ms. Jones, Thank you for your recent letter to Husbands-R-Us regarding your purchase of a husband, specifically the Tim Jones BSE (“Basic Spousal Edition”) in April 1987. In your 12-page diatribe, you demand that […]
A Letter to My Future Son-In-Law
[Author’s note: My daughter is in her mid-twenties and has a boyfriend. The days of “Will he ask me to the prom?” have evolved to “Will he ask me to marry him?” I thought I […]
Wisdom for Dummies
Verse for that special homemade Valentine’s card: To My Cute Little Couch Potato, I could sit and stare at you cuddled up in front of the television all day, but one of us has to […]
Featured Author Bill Spencer
HumorOutcasts Press (HOPress-Shorehouse Books.com) was thrilled to release this book of wonderful essays from Bill Spencer. Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh will make you laugh out loud. Bill Spencer is […]
An Excerpt from My Mother, That Stranger. Letters from the Spanish Civil War by Concha Alborg
Today we are proud to excerpt the introduction form the newest memoir from Concha Alborg My Mother, That Stranger. Letters from the Spanish Civil War. Over eight-hundred letters were written between the author’s newly-engaged parents […]
My Wife’s Silly Concern That I Waste Too Much Time Watching Football
[Author’s note: I meant to publish this article earlier, but I simply could not find the time. There were eleven college football bowl games I had to watch, plus four NFL playoff games. A man […]