A few months back we decided to sell my 2005 Honda Pilot. It was looking pretty shabby, so my husband hired a guy named John to detail it. Halfway through the detailing, I went outside to give John some water. John turned off his specialized cleaning mechanism (No, it wasn’t a vacuum. I know what […]
There is no such expression as “From the Gecko.” I have used this wrongly worded phrase my entire adult life. I’d make such remarks as, “That was doomed to fail, from the gecko,” or “They seemed perfect for each other, from the gecko.” For over 30 years, I made these comments out loud, to multiple
Do you make yourself cringe? Do you have “Ragrets?” Do you often find yourself in humiliating situations brought on by your own ignorance and lack of self-awareness? I found myself in one of these situations just last week at a concert. I was waiting in line for my order at a food truck, two brisket
It was about a year and a half ago, and both my daughters were home for Christmas. We were getting ready to go out for dinner and my youngest daughter, Parker, was doing something to her eyebrows. Was she coloring them? Was that a marker? Why would she do this? “This is an eyebrow pencil,”
Have you ever been to a taping of The Price is Right? You show up in some ridiculous costume, jumping and screaming like a lunatic. Pick me, pick me, pick me! They don’t. But the next week, when you arrive at jury duty, dressed in respectable attire, sitting silently, and not even jumping a little,
I won a writing contest last week. It was a 100-word short story for the local paper. The editor, who called to tell me I’d won, interviewed me over the phone, and just as we were finishing, he added, “And we’ll need a picture.” “Of me?” I asked. “Yes.” “How about someone related to me?”
It was May 2017 when I went there for the first time. My minivan was filled floor to ceiling with branches, leaves, and palm fronds. As I drove along the dusty dirt road, I thought, I’m doing it, I really doing it! Like a kid heading to Disneyland, I knew I was in for a thrill.
Let me introduce you to Nina and Alvin. Nina, who is 73 and Alvin, who is 83 have been married for 53 years. I have known them for 52 of them. Nina and Alvin are not their real names but when I told them I was going to write a few stories about them, they
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It’s been around a while, but I’ve been too nervous to try it. It’s easy if you’re young or more experienced, but I’m neither of these. Also, I lack the confidence. There was something about that word that paralyzed me. I just couldn’t wrap my mind around those four letters. Then, this past summer, stranded