Holy hotflash Batman!
The inevitable has finally happened. It snuck up on me somehow. I’m guessing my ego had something to do with that. It’s January, a balmy 30 degrees outside, and suddenly I found myself sweating for […]
Author: Barb Godshalk
Barb Godshalk is a married mommy of a now five-year-old wealth of material and lives with her supportive husband in South Jersey. She also studies martial arts and bakes in the hope of breaking even. Her work had been featured on the In the Powder Room website as well as on Sirius XM's late lamented Lime Radio. Recently, you can find her in the South Jersey Writers' Group anthology Tall Tales and Short Stories. Her daughter has taken over her house and much of her writing. The majority of works involve memoir and life lessons pieces with as much humor as readers can tolerate.
Old Fart’s Lament
Not long ago, this body was young, No stretch marks, no scars, there was nothing but fun. It could run, jump and climb, twirl, bend and flex, Can’t do those things now, without sound […]
Welcome to Colon Country
I finally approached that magical age where it became necessary to get my first colonoscopy. This was something I’d be putting off for a long time. There was a reason I’d been stalling. It […]
Rubber Ducky, The Musical
Those that know us as a family, know that I am the proud mom of an adhd kiddo. We have been seeing a therapist to help us with all sorts of problems like the electronics […]
Attack of the Holidaze??!!
http://gty.im/1028439442 It is that magical time of year again! Fall is in the air and retailers are knee deep in their pumpkin spice peppermint money grab. The thought of holiday music before Halloween made me […]
The Elusive Intruder and the Wicked Witch
We are in month three of my spouse’s unemployment and things are looking mighty grim. Despite blanketing the internet with resumes, he’s only managed three interviews. I would have had to hire a helicopter, a […]
Eeeeeeeek,@$%*?&wtf??!!
There was a party in my pantry recently, and I was not invited. In hindsight, I should have suspected it from the beginning but my brain just didn’t want to admit it. I discovered a […]
TV or Not TV??
The day the earth stood still, sort of, began months ago. Our television was old, heavy and people were starting to look presidential orange. It took some research with Consumer Reports and a trip to […]
Everything but the Kitchen Sink and a flamethrower….
It’s not the destination, it’s the journey, unless, of course you’re talking about vacation. In that case, it’s the work. Oddly enough, preparing to relax can drive a person nuts. It took me years to […]
Nothing says ‘I love you’ like S**t!
My Mom is a May baby. She was, in fact, born on Mother’s Day. I’ve been double whammied ever since. This is ironic since I was my Dad’s Father’s Day gift. She is the sort […]