Hi, My Name is Sweetie and I’m a Hoarder
Currently I’m streaming this confession over the Internet because I’ve done the AA thing and I had to wait two hours before I could stand up before a crowd of strangers and tell them of […]
Author: Janice Arenofsky
I write humor, but also books and serious essays, features and profiles, usually for national venues. I'm a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists , Humor Writers of America, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. I live in Arizona, where it's hot, hot, hot (but very dry of course), and I have six dogs and two cats. Oh yes, a husband, too. I blog at https://humorbyarenofsky.blogspot.com/ Come and visit me there or at my website or at Facebook, where I'm The Dysfunctional Family. Got almost 1,000 followers. Join us.
Dementia Shakes its Booty at Rock ‘n Roll
At long last, some good news in the headlines. Scientists think losing your marbles does not necessarily mean losing your musical edge. In short, when you’re old and gray and the best part of your […]
Puppy Dogs and Babies Have that Je Ne Sais Quoi
I just returned from taking my three eight-week-old miniature schnauzers to the vet for their first vaccinations. It was an illuminating experience. Everyone–and I mean everybody (even that obnoxious saluki of a female receptionist who […]
If I Ruled the World
Once in a while I like to play God. It’s good for the ego, it’s an instant suicide deterrent and it’s easier than bridge. It’s also fun to think of myself as a combination Fairy […]
A My Name is Apple and My Brother’s Name is Ivy
What’s with the weird baby names celebrities and nobodies are giving their kids lately? Are people pushing the envelope a little too much on creativity? Beyonce calls her infant Blue Ivy or Ivy Blue (I […]
It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be!
By the time you’re drinking Miller Lite and wondering if there’s really 85 calories, you’ve probably figured out that life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be . Where were all those high school dates […]
Lost and Found (from the anthology NOT YOUR MOTHER’S BOOK ON DOGS (The Publishing Syndicate, 2012)
NYMB…On Dogs Dog Treats Lost and Found by Janice Arenofsky Murphy’s Law—as it applies to dogs—decrees that mischievious things will only happen when Alpha Mom is on the phone, in the shower […]
If Mitt and Obama Had Been in Grade School Together
I’m so weary of all this Presidential election poppycock that my brain needs a holiday. And what better holiday than daydreaming about how candidates Mitt and Obama would have interacted had they met in grade […]
THINGS I CAN’T SO EASILY SWEEP UNDER THE RUG
Every time I breeze past a fabric shop at the mall or eyeball one of those gingham-garbed girls sauntering in front of the Mormon Church in their longish fairy-tale blue dresses, I think about seventh […]
Run, Rabbit, Run
He’s the cutest little thing, but he has to go. The “he” is a wild rabbit that lives in our suburban backyard. How do I know he’s a he? Well, he’s been here for over […]