Why I Dyed My Hair During the Pandemic

I probably should have been stockpiling face masks, latex gloves, toilet paper, and bourbon, but instead I was combing the CVS aisles for hair dye.  I grabbed two boxes of Loreal, because I’m “worth it,” as their advertising slogan proclaims.  That was 24 days ago....

Encyclopedias: A Bygone Time From A-Z

It’s an expression: “I couldn’t give it away.”  That summer day in 2007, I couldn’t give our encyclopedia set away.  The kids had moved out, and now we were moving out, trading the big five-bedroom house for 1200 square feet in a city high rise. There would be no room...

Fun and Games Saved Our Marriage

We were at a beautiful resort in Cancun, and I was furious with my husband, Rick.  Based on my vast experience as a married woman, I can say with some assurance that it’s no less miserable to be in that angry space at the beach than in your laundry room or at the...

Enough, Already

My dentist tapped the ouchy spot to punctuate her statement:  “We need to replace that crown.  You’ve had it since 1999, and they usually only last 10 to 12 years.” And I thought, Oh, good.  Then this will be the last time I have to replace this crown. Yes, I would...

How Should a House Smell?

“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.” ~ Neil Gaiman, American Gods My husband tilted his head, trying to discern what the droning was.  It sounded like a plane taking off.  Or a paper...

My Grandma Name . . . and the winner is . . .

“I don’t know what my grandma name should be,” my friend Barb said to me over coffee years ago. Mind you, her daughter was only six months pregnant at that point, but Barb was about to be a grandma for the first time, and she was taking her new role seriously. “You...

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