Acai Ya Later

I was getting ready to take the train home from my friend, Chriss’s house, when suddenly, I had a hankering for an acai bowl. I began pulling out ingredients: strawberries, blueberries, almond milk, bananas. It was all going so well, until… “Chriss, where’s your peanut butter?” I asked, scouring her cupboards. Chriss peered over my […]

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PAPYRU$

Yesterday, I bought a Papyrus card. So, obviously, I can’t pay my mortgage this month. Seriously, these cards are expensive. I can’t give you an exact amount because there was no price on the back. I guess these cards are “Market Price.” Like lobster. But without the butter. Anybody else hungry? Now, to be fair,

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Know Thy Wordle

I learned about the viral word game, Wordle, from my fellow wordie, Linda. “You have to play,” she said, her face lighting up. “Everybody’s doing it.” You know how your parents always told you, if everybody’s doing it, it doesn’t mean you should.  However, my feeling is, if everyone’s doing it, it’s probably pretty great.

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Play Nice (2022 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition Honorable Mention)

Years ago, it was Ms. Tanya, the preschool director, who would frequently contact us about an “incident.” These incidents usually involved our then two-year-old daughter, Quincey, gnawing on a classmate. Ms. Tanya would sigh and hand us a paper titled ALL ABOUT MY DAY. Where other children’s papers told of toddler triumphs, ours read more

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Am I The Grinch?

This past week, I watched The Grinch with my granddaughter, Holland. Although Holland is barely 16 months, my feeling is you’re never too young to appreciate the classics. (Tomorrow: Christmas Vacation. Holland is going to love Cousin Eddie!) We cozied up under the blankets and started to watch. Holland sat mesmerized for a few minutes.

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Forksgiving

This Thanksgiving, I reflected on all the things I was thankful for. Family, food, shelter… Also… forks! You heard me right. Forks. You see, for many years now, we’ve struggled to keep forks in the house. A roof over our head? No problem. But forks in the utensil drawer? Problem. One day, I had like

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