I don’t know if it’s authors, or if this happens to everyone, but every day I get a friend request on Facebook from a different unknown male. He lists no friends, has one or two pictures on his page, has no posts, and is always a widower. I promptly delete. Scammers really want to friend … Read more

I’m stealing this from my friend Pam Sheble who must subscribe to a humor website because she’s always coming up with interesting-and mostly funny-emails. These bits of trivia all fall in the “who knew?” category and maybe the “who cares?” category. I certainly didn’t know most of them, but they’re kind of fun. 1. Money … Read more

I can’t think of anything more self-defeating than feeling sorry for oneself. And yet we all have days when we want to curl into a little ball and let the world pass by. I call this Sow Bug Syndrome. Sow Bugs are tiny gray creatures. When threatened, they curl into a tight little ball the … Read more

I recently had a minor outpatient surgical procedure which I won’t go into (okay…it was a colonoscopy and we ALL should get one every seven years). Enough said. While half-naked on the gurney, waiting for the anesthesiologist to arrive, two nurses propped me with pillows, and chattered away. One asked me what I did for … Read more

Ever been awakened in the middle of the night by a sound you can’t identify? You lie still, wanting to hear it again, wondering if it was your imagination, hoping it isn’t anything you don’t want to encounter. Years ago, while serving as the interim city manager of San Juan Capistrano, I was allowed to … Read more