Today there is no point in calling a friend, or even going to a crowded restaurant or a movie theatre. Yes, I admit it. I am lonely. But none of…
Published March 25th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Get the bargains first. Take twenty items through the eight line limit. Push through the line-up. Demand our rights. Cut the other car off at the gas…
Published March 25th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
Generally, we should not let small things bother us because in the scheme of life they are all puny. Why yell at the children if they get dirt on the…
Published March 19th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
Cradle phones, and police carelessly handling the evidence with no thought of DNA caught my eye as the movie unfolded. Elevator boys, a ribbon typewriter, and an all male jury…
Published March 19th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
Certain days groove into your brain, don’t they? Christmas and New Year's are easy. They happen at the same time every year. Easter keeps moving so while we remember the…
Published March 19th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
If it’s labeled Dry Clean Only, a silk shirt or wool slacks have little chance of moving into my house. I am a low maintenance kind of gal. Fancy fabrics…
Published March 19th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
When our gas fireplace wouldn’t stay lit, the repair man insisted we needed a new thermal something. I gasped when I heard the price and then again when I glimpsed…
Published March 18th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
Me? Why I never gossip…do I? Still, let’s ask ourselves these questions, just to be sure. Do I habitually talk about the personal details of people’s lives? Do I ‘share’,…
Published March 18th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
When my husband’s fingers got crushed in a work accident, he asked the doctor if he’d be able to play the piano. The doctor replied that he was certain the…
Published March 18th, 2013 by Brenda Wood
When I asked if she went to church, she announced that she did not but that she was ‘very spiritual’! What does that mean? Even witches are ‘spiritual.’ They just…
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