Keep Your Rodents. No Cages Here.
I remember feeling something crawling across my bed in the middle of the night. Something small. Something furry. I jumped out of my bed and flipped on the lights to find Salt on my blanket. Pepper, I soon found out, was in the closet with the kids. I didn’t bother to wake up my parents.
In the Back of Her Closet
I’m convinced that my mother has a secret compartment in the back of her closet that opens to a room filled with filing cabinets. There, men in visors type feverishly on old fashioned typewriters until my mother appears at the back of her closet to make a request for, say, a brochure from her 2006 trip […]
It's Its! Isn't it?
While America is busy running around today, buying turkeys and flying to relatives’ homes, I thought I’d make today’s blog brief. I wasn’t sure what to say until I was stuck in traffic behind this ambulance today: Essentially, it says, “EMS at it is best.” which makes no sense. Now, before you go calling me […]
So, Who Wants a Free Hess Truck?
Actually, this year it’s a race car, and I’ve got one to give away, courtesy of the folks at Hess. You may recall that I’d asked for two, so I could give the second one to the pediatric oncology floor at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey. But supplies were limited, so I’m going to […]
The Sixth Stage of Grief: Shallowness
When the producer got up out of her chair and walked over to brush my hair away from my eyes, I had to stiffle giggles. I was thrilled not just because CBS was in my living room filming me for a segment on families and the recession, but because my hair had gotten so long, […]
Seasonal Shoe Disorder Causes Headaches and Tripping
You know you’re transitioning from one season to the next when you can’t find matching shoes. We have one red boot still missing from the summer, as are the matches for two right-footed sneakers that belong to my children. No matter. They don’t fit anyone here anyhow.
Attention Bloggers: Give One Away, Give One to Charity
agreed to give away one of them on my blog, but when I asked for a second one to donate to the pediatric oncology ward at a local hospital, I was told that there were limited supplies of the freebie holiday trucks
