by Sandy Lingo | Feb 6, 2019 |
I love math, and I loved teaching it. I told my students, “It is the only thing in the world that makes sense.” If you do it right, the answer is utterly predictable. There’s a fairness to it: if you lighten one side of an equation, you must lighten the other. ...
by Sandy Lingo | Jan 13, 2019 |
” If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss,and I do not know which talk is the more boring.” – Marya Mannes“I dread going to the party,” I told Teri. “I haven’t seen those...
by Sandy Lingo | Dec 3, 2018 |
“Our Japanese lady died,” I told my neighbors shortly after rushing in late to the party last week.“Oh no!” exclaimed several.“That is so sad,” one woman said, sincerely distraught. “How did you find out?” Mary Ann asked.The waitress at Sophia’s, the diner practically...
by Sandy Lingo | Nov 23, 2018 |
My 89-year-old stepmother and I, who are not habitual runners, fairly ran to the car. My husband, dressed in salmon shorts and a slouchy shirt meant not to be tucked, ambled over. “Hurry up,” I snarled. “Get in the car and turn on the air!” We could have stayed...
by Sandy Lingo | Oct 11, 2018 |
https://www.sandylingo.com/i-know-the-secret-to-a-long-marriage-no-lie/“There must be complete honesty between spouses,” said no married woman ever.I think I believed this commandment for a brief time after I married. At least until Rick shoved the wedding cake into...
by Sandy Lingo | Aug 18, 2018 |
After a week taking pictures in Glacier National Park, Rick boarded the plane in Kalispell, Montana, this morning at 6:50. At 3:00 PM he fairly skipped to my car at CVG arrivals dragging a 50-pound suitcase, a 900-pound camera bag, and a sagging backpack, but he...
