6 1/2 Minutes of hope
Turn on the local news and you will hear terms like closures, drug deals, crashes, murders, and deepening crises. But in the midst of this doomsday broadcast you can cling to a lifeline of hope: […]
Author: Molly Stevens
Molly Stevens is the award-winning author of the book Boomer on the Ledge, published by HumorOutcasts Press. The book is an adult picture book that explores the antics of an aging boomer. Molly believes humor is the emollient that soothes life’s rough patches and promotes these convictions in her blog: Shallow Reflections. She was the November 2017 Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Humor Writer of the Month, and won third place in the 2017 National Society of Newspaper Columnists writing contest. She is a contributing author for These Summer Months: Stories from the Late Orphan Project, edited by Anne Born.
How to know if you are in too much of a hurry
Our local newspaper reported a story about an able-bodied young woman who drove to Hannaford at high-speed to run an errand. In the process she allegedly knocked over a man in leg braces, side swiped his vehicle, and rammed her […]
Ready to toss your floss? First, count the cost
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news? I was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook admiring beautiful smiles when Scott Pelley from the CBS Evening News made the shocking announcement. There is no […]
9 Unique cures for life’s most constipating moments
I took a break from Netflix one evening to tune into network television. The show I was watching stunk but I noticed a plethora of commercials advertising products claiming to treat constipation. This led my mind into the latrine […]
Humor Meets Horror – 7 More real things to fear this Halloween
Last year I published a blog post about seven real things to fear on Halloween. I’ve been thinking about what makes my dry skin crawl this year, and uncovered seven more real things to fear as we celebrate the spookiest day of the […]
Humor Meets Horror – Creature from the bleak latrine
Normally I don’t frighten easily. For example, I remember when I read Stephen King’s book Salem’s Lot. I lived alone in a third-floor apartment and read until late one rainy, windy night, and when my […]
The surprising truth about consuming high risk foods
Earlier this year, January 10th to be exact, I did something that made me wonder if I had lost my sense of culinary adventure. I don’t mean raw, oysters-on the-half-shell-type culinary adventure. What I’m referring […]
How to properly rot five common fruits
Rumor has it that some people buy fruit and don’t eat it. It’s possible some people are eating Halloween candy that stores have been pushing since July. If I repeat this post periodically, trying in […]
Do you suffer from decision fatigue?
Do you have trouble with the multitude of decisions involved in accomplishing mundane activities? Like grocery shopping? Here is how a typical trip to the grocery store evolves for me. Before I leave home I choose the […]