Wired

Wired

I am wired differently than my husband, Larry. But that doesn’t mean that either is wrong or right – or assuredly male or female. Or that he’s bigger and better, though I affirm that he is. Or that either of us is left-brained/analytic vs...
Airline Conversation #3: “Let it snow!”

Airline Conversation #3: “Let it snow!”

My husband used to travel extensively, flying about the country to market shrink wrap packaging, a product that changed the way the world shopped. Store lighting bounced off the clear plastic film fit closely around products, so that each seemed to have its own...
A walk in the park plot twist

A walk in the park plot twist

Life is not a simple walk in the park, is it? There’s all those people and opinions plotting the demise of happiness from the vagary of their human nature. While “a walk in the park” is an idiom, people can just be idiots. As you know from my tag...
Open Heart

Open Heart

I’ve just returned from an echocardiogram appointment. The results were reassuring; especially because I am almost exactly one year older than my dad was when he had his first pacemaker installed. My dad died of a broken heart in 2008. The young technician was...
Jello

Jello

My arena of influence has expanded into the Land of Eat, specifically the Province of Dessert. Who knew that such a thing could occur, especially in a human burned out long ago on the confection perfection demanded of/by a 4-H practitioner who achieved Grand Champion...
Life is Improvisation

Life is Improvisation

I love improvisation, a theatrical situation in which actors play off of each other unscripted. They create little dramas and comedies just by speaking dialogue and acting out scenes they make up as they go along. I admire improv actors whose high-spirited goodwill...