by Sandy Lingo | Jun 13, 2018 |
“Chance. Stupid, dumb, blind chance. Just a part of the strange mechanism of the world, with its fits and coughs and starts and random collisions.” ~ Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall “It’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in...
by Sandy Lingo | May 24, 2018 |
““Vanity is the quicksand of reason.” George Sand, Pearls of Thought“Shut your mouth!” he shouted at me. It was a loving caution from my husband who knew I was about to fall over some huge obstacle on the sidewalk, a caterpillar turd or a fly fart, perhaps....
by Sandy Lingo | Apr 3, 2018 |
This post was inspired by real events. All names have been changed, except mine. No writer can resist the urge to make herself look clever on the page. Three retired teachers, women of a certain age (mine), are seated at a table in Applebees. “Hello. My name is Chet,...
by Sandy Lingo | Mar 18, 2018 |
When you go to the doctors’ office at 7:30 in the morning, and you say you have the flu, you get a pink mask. And for a doctor, you get who you get which is okay, because I just want a prescription, and any old MD will do. I first have to tell the...
by Sandy Lingo | Jul 30, 2017 |
Teaching years are like dog years. I taught for 196 years.Conversely, retirement years speed by like a guppy’s lifespan. I have been retired since Spring 2010, and while it doesn’t feel like yesterday, it doesn’t seem possible that I’ve been going to sleep for nine...
by Sandy Lingo | Jul 9, 2017 |
I don’t get migraines very often anymore, now that my ovaries are the size of Tic Tacs. But sometimes, a confluence of circumstances—my husband, heat, bright light, my husband, stress, lack of sleep, my husband—will bring on the spots before my eyes that signal an...
