Imagine an entire weekend with your sweetie at a lovely, secluded hot springs, surrounded by the hush of nature. No cell phones allowed. Not a single television or radio on …
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The Little Tantric Mermaid
What AM I eating before bedtime. Seriously. This dream simply must be shared. My apologies to Hans Christian Anderson and Walt Disney. There I was, in a lovely, ornate bedroom …
Cat Barf Zen 101: Be one with the cat barf
The good news is my carpets are the same color as cat barf. The bad news is my carpets are the same color as cat barf. Yes, wasn’t I the …
The hand I hold will never hold me down
Two years ago today, I married my best friend. And I’m thrilled to report that marriage hasn’t changed that. Known as The Cutest Man In The World (TCMITW) to those …
Checked myself in the checkout line
There’s a lesson in this story, and I’m not sure what it is. But the story goes something like this: Being a hard-wired penny-pincher (it’s genetic — I had a …
So many sources for my weekly disappointment
As the editor of the local newspaper, the Winters Express, every week, I aim for a perfect edition. And every week, I’m disappointed. Several factors: simple, garden variety obsessive compulsiveness; …
Finding jeans is tough when you’re a Super Slim
Finally. Blue jeans that fit. Cute ones, not soccer mom jeans that scream “Not tonight, honey, I have a headache” or those, bulky high-waisted things with elastic waistbands that make …
You haven’t heard the last of my soggy saga
And you thought you’d heard the last of my ramblings about being flooded out of my home last fall. And you were wrong again. If you were swept into my …
What ya gotta go and there’s nowhere to go to go
The best part of last week’s story about my adventures in radio commercials is the part I didn’t tell: getting there. But first, some context. I have the bladder of …
No big ‘O’ for animals?
Strange thoughts trickle into your mind at 3:30 a.m., that dull, fuzzy cross-section in time between “I’ve had four hours of sleep, I could just get up” and “It’s two …