Charlie was born in Pennsylvania in the 1920s and lived there his whole life.  He was just a baby when his father left him, his mother, and his older sister behind.  His mother hadn’t had…

Ya’ll, I am weary of being without my husband.   In other news, as soon as my Israeli boss goes back to Israel and I have three minutes to myself here, I am…

When the alarm goes off at 5:30 and the cat doesn’t let you snooze, and then a roach falls from the bathroom ceiling into your hair while you’re getting ready, and then the dog…

NPR directed me to a cool website that I’ve now joined.  It is www.catalogchoice.org, and it’s a totally free site that allows you to opt out of receiving catalogues in the mail.  (Is…

Most evenings as I’m heading home from work, especially those when I’m late, I give Patrick a call to let him know I’m coming, so he can (a) shoo all his girlfriends out…