Scooter & Skipper Make a Facemask–or a Bra
One month out of school due to coronavirus (or as its friends call it, “COVID-19”) and my kids–Scooter, the younger, and Skipper–are starting to get bored with their shelter-in-place routine. Too much “screen time”–TV, video […]
Wisdom for Dummies
Is it just me, or during Zoom meetings, does everyone look like they’ve got coronavirus.
Donald Trump, I Have Strong Felines for You
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally from South Carolina, she has worked as an archaeologist, an editor, and a ranger […]
Worried Neighbors Fight Yogurt-Covered Raisin “Shooting Galleries”
BOSTON. This city may no longer be the “Hub of the Universe” as Oliver Wendell Holmes once claimed, but it remains the tenth largest metropolitan area in the country, a fact you wouldn’t believe if […]
Introducing Librarian Barbie! (Now With Special Eye-Rolling Function)
Mattel just rolled out a bunch of new Barbies in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and abilities, so that everyone who wants to play with a Barbie can have one who is just like […]
Stay Six Feet Away? Hey, No Problem For We Misanthropes!
Social distancing? I do that anyway! Stay home and don’t have guests? Ditto! Don’t touch anyone? Bingo! Avoid people? You got it! I got this whole quarantine thing down and I don’t even have to […]
Wisdom for Dummies
When someone says, “You look nice today,” I always wonder if they didn’t think I did yesterday