It was a normal morning. My head was still fuzzy from sleep, and since I’m not a coffee drinker it wasn’t going to clear up anytime soon. I was brushing my teeth in slow motion, Â as if that would prevent a gob of toothpaste from falling off the brush and slithering down my pajama top like a foam avalanche. I… Read More
When The Booty Is On The Other Foot
Taut flesh undulated beneath micro-mini dresses and silky cascades of perfectly coifed hair glistened beneath the spotlights. Â A mixed-gendered crowd, watching the show, cheered and hooted. The row of performers, all young women, all with perfect smiles, bent over and then slowly slid their hands up toned legs. They eyed the audience and smiled seductively. As the rhythm of the… Read More
Booker The Brave
Booker, in perfect Siberian Husky speak, told me he wanted a little sun-room time. For those of you who have never been around a husky, they have quite a large vocabulary that is comprised of more woooowoooo’s than barks. There is inflection and emotion in their sounds, and I often laugh when he is chewing me out for some imagined… Read More
Feeling Safe
Be-be-be-be-be-be-be-beeeeeeeep! As soon as my son and I walked through the kitchen door our security system let me know it wasn’t happy. I quickly punched in our code only to have the system indignantly infer there was a problem with “area 9.†“Where the heck is area 9?†I wondered. Is that where the government keeps space aliens? I checked… Read More
Window Pains
I sidled up to my husband and whispered provocatively in his ear, “Honey, how about you and me getting our crazy on?†He nodded with interest. “Okay,†I continued, “I’ll start by washing the inside windows and then I’ll catch up with you as you wash the outside windows.†His interest shrank like cold water applied to certain favorite male… Read More
Scabs And Other Assorted Forms Of Healing
Have you ever pulled a cake out of the oven thinking it was done, only to discover that beneath the seemingly baked crust flowed raw batter? Sometimes life’s hurts are like that too. Outward appearances can fool a person into thinking the pain has healed, but a gentle prod here or there discovers the truth…there is still much that needs… Read More
Flushing And Blushing
The cribbage game was in the full heat of battle…men against women…and I had to pee. Not just a little, a lot. My husband and I were spending the night at my daughter and her significant other’s home, and trying to be ideal houseguests. We wanted to be invited back. I excused myself and zipped into the bathroom just off… Read More
Halloween Memory
The old house, grey and broken, hunched like a frail old spinster in its bramble, weeds, and grasses. The sky, a violent shade of black, had long ago given way to the full moon dusted by shadowy wisps of clouds. Each step I took towards the front door left me breathless. What awaited inside? Who awaited inside? I admit it…. Read More
The Moments After A Trip
Pudgy jumped into the suitcase as if defying me to leave without her again. She was fine, but copped an attitude. Had she actually missed us while we were in New Orleans? Maybe. My son had graciously agreed to care for her in our absence and I know he did a great job, but she still walked the walk of… Read More
People Who Let Their Light Shine
Skreeeeech…my bike tires complained, stuttered, and skidded to a stop barely inches from the woman in front of me. We, as in a tour group on bicycles, were in a busy neighborhood of New Orleans dodging cars like kids playing a game of tag.  In preparation for this year’s Super Bowl, New Orleans has decided to rip up its streets… Read More
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