Loners Welcome New Neighbors
This morning was a perfectly agreeable weekend morning. We slept in, lovely bonus sleep time with no alarm clock demanding we rise. Fala, the cat, slept between us, and the air conditioning made it just […]
Author: Amy Abbott
Amy McVay Abbott is often cranky. She's been writing for publication since she was fourteen and covered the "School Beat" for a weekly newspaper. It was mostly downhill from there. Rather than scream, "Get outta my yard," she writes. Buy her books at https://www.amazon.com/Amy-McVay-Abbott/e/B00LI999SQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The Agony of Getting to the Ecstacy
The destination is the ecstasy—either the smooth marble temple or the legendary spires on ancient, fragile treasures or the craggy mountain and the red rocks or the white-pebbled, frothy shoreline. The travel is the agony—either […]
Great Moments in Preparation
President 45 on the upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, “Chicago Tribune,” “I don’t think I have to prepare very much,” Trump said. “It’s about attitude. It’s about willingness to get things […]
Putting Up with Pat and Vanna
Every night, my husband and I watch “Wheel of Fortune.” We’ve watched it every night for the past 30-mumblemumble years. Did I mention we have no life? The high definition colors sweep across the TV […]
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
From 2010 — Sometimes when we drive to work together, my husband and I barely talk, or simply speak at each other in monosyllabic grunts. This quiet time reflects nothing on our long-term, happy relationship—it reflects […]
Roseanne: If Only We Had Known
Considering the cancellation of the Roseanne reboot, I’ve been thinking about one little girl. She’s 8-year-old Jayden Ray, a child of color, who played the daughter of Conner son, D.J. Can you imagine the conversations […]
14-Foot Python Lost in Indy Neighborhood
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indianapolis-area police are warning people to be on the lookout for a 14-foot-long pet Burmese python that’s on the loose. The Beech Grove Police Department says the constrictor is missing from home […]
Old Fogey’s Diary, Day One
I am constantly explaining how things work to my elderly father. On a recent trip to visit my son, his grandson, in an east coast city, Dad couldn’t grasp the instant responses from Uber. I […]
The Last Flu-zie on Earth
I have Influenza Type A. Yes, I am the last person in Indiana, United States, Planet Earth, Our Solar System to get this crud. Last weekend I thought I had a head cold. My husband […]
Rachel from Card Services and Other Annoyances
People often ask me how I spend my time now that I no longer fly on the corporate trapeze. As a dinosaur with a landline, I gab with Rachel from Card Services and “Brian” who […]