I live in Las Vegas, a great place to people watch. I don’t do this downtown on the Strip or in hotels or casinos. I do it in my apartment in the suburbs. Are my chubby cheeks pressed against the front window? Do I have a pair of binoculars trained on the deck across the … Read more
I’ve always had a big tree and I have lots of ornaments collected over the years. My favorites are a cardboard ornament covered with frayed foil made by my son when he was in kindergarten. Another is a clothespin with cotton and a bit of red cloth made to look like Santa’s face and hat, … Read more
Decades ago I bought a book by this title. It’s packed away somewhere among hundreds of books in my storage unit. I could have used it when my husband was inexplicably felled by a stroke. He didn’t have all those bad things wrong with him that foretell a major medical incident. It almost seemed like … Read more
You’ve seen this story line over and over. Woman (or man) wakes up next to a stranger, a ring on the finger, and can’t remember anything except the party, the lights, the music, the booze. “How did I get here, in this room, in this bed?” Guy scratches head. “Hell if I know.” Then she … Read more
Most people stock up on candy, carve pumpkins, and put up a few fake spider webs as Halloween approaches. Not me. I’m out house hunting with a spouse whose main priority (I just discovered) is far different from mine. My list is pretty normal: open kitchen, lots of cupboard space, separate shower and soaking tub, … Read more