The Place to Take a Humor Break
My friend Alana Atwood, who edits a prestigious Seattle-based literary magazine, recently received a submission that was poorly written. Is this unusual? Not at all. Editors get second-rate submissions all the time. Screening out the […]
I have an appalling new haircut. I’d injured my leg, so the long drive to my usual salon out of the question. But my hair was looking so long and drab I’d begun wearing a […]
As I was reading “Not Your Mother’s Book on Home Improvement,” a recent collection of light-hearted essays by (primarily) middle-aged female do-it-yourselfers, it became abundantly clear to me that, unlike the women who tell their […]
Three years ago, I broke my toe when I went outside at night, barefoot, to admire the stars, and stubbed it on a rock. After that, I told myself it was time to stop running around […]
I recently strained a tendon in my foot, which made walking extremely painful. My podiatrist suggested a cortisone shot. “This will hurt,“ he warned, as he angled a gigantic needle toward my foot, “but I […]
A woman was thrown off an Amtrak train a while back for gabbling loudly on her cell phone for 16 hours straight while riding in the quiet car. I learned about it when my pal […]
You don’t want to give your dog an ordinary name like Fido or Spot. And you love books. So, naturally, you turn to your favorite literary classics when it’s time to name the new puppy. […]
I got an unexpected package in the mail a while back. Because I’m a book reviewer, I somehow ended up on the list of folks who get review copies from Cleis Press, a publisher of […]
