Humor
Published: 03/01/2008
The older we get, the more we talk about our health. I talk about yoga and I make myself practice it fifteen minutes every morning. This is meant to make my body more flexible, but there are times when my husband thinks I should be practicing yoga for my mind.
My husband goes to the gym every...
Published: 02/01/2008
As children we're taught not to talk to strangers. Maybe that's why we don't talk in elevators. Instead we watch the floor numbers change. If that's so fascinating it makes us speechless, there are a few politicians I wish would ride elevators more.
According to my grandmother, a few kind...
Published: 01/01/2008
Like many other Americans I was once a slave to stuff. I had more than I needed. No more. I owe my enlightenment to being junk dealer. I have to come clean and admit that I dealt with pallets, pickups, box vans and even warehouses full of the flotsam and jetsam of America. I was a weekend...
Published: 28/12/2007
How many people go to open houses as potential buyers and how many go because they're curious? I go to buy - into new ideas for my own home.
There may be a for sale sign in the front yard; but inside the message is that dust never falls, mildew never grows and dishes never pile up in the...
Published: 27/12/2007
Gadgets are guy things. Maybe it's in their genes - or maybe it's just in their blue jeans.
My guy loves digital cameras. I don't because I don't like having my picture taken. Maybe it's because I'm part American Indian and I feel like my soul is being taken. Of course, you'd think something...
Published: 26/12/2007
It's been a long time since United Airlines had ads showing O. J. Simpson running through airports. Since then it's the rest of us who've been running for planes. Since then O.J's runs have been from ... the law.
We have to run to allow extra time to park in lots that are farther away, extra...
Published: 25/12/2007
Winter is my least favorite season. I'm a transplanted New Englander. I live in Los Angles because I don't do cold well. December through March about all I can handle is a cold shoulder from a cold-hearted purveyor of cold cuts.
My family, however, still lives in New England. I love them in...
Published: 25/12/2007
Supposedly love makes the world go around. If that's true, we need more love to make it go around peacefully. In China people are given a holiday to procreate. Maybe - like so much else - the solution for more love is being "Made in China".
Cynics would say money makes things happen. It makes...
Published: 24/12/2007
When I was growing up, stores were closed on Sundays - which put the run in errands. Today's different. Today's 24/7 and there's time to walk.
Once a week I walk to the farmer's market - the land of fresh vegetables, free-range eggs and raw nuts. Once a week I buy food to compensate for the...
Published: 23/12/2007
Baseball cards and comic books; Betty Boop and Beanie Babies - and anything decorated with cartoon characters - what's in one day is at a garage sale the next and then on E-bay as collectibles.
Hummers were in until rising gas prices made hybrids the politically correct car. I drive a car...
