They

They

Sigh. If you ever want to wave a conversational red flag in my face, just say “they” did it or said or thought it. Be ready, for I will ask you, “Who are ‘they’?” I rise forth from a lifetime of blame from a tattletailing little sis...

Bunco vs. Hunk-o

It’s 6:45 p.m…6:53, and then it’s 7:00 sharp, the time we planned to meet. I’m sitting in my BMW, soothing my neurotic apprehension with hits from the ‘80s on Sirius. The moon is smiling aloft on this typically faint-starred night. The light bleed of the human mass...
A Safe Place

A Safe Place

“I put it in a safe place.” How many of you have done this? Put an important item in a ‘safe place’, and then moved on with the hurly-burly of life, and…were unable to locate the item when needed, bewildered? I’ve learned to relax...
Jeanie’s Just Jealous

Jeanie’s Just Jealous

Jeanie’s Just Jealous, a picture book by PJ Colando   1: Daddy scoops his girls into a hug and says, “I love you both.”   2:  Emma stays tight when Jeanie lets go… 3:  Vexed, Jeanie crosses her arms and taps her toe.   4:  Daddy winks: “Jeanie’s just...
Bel Canto

Bel Canto

  I went to a daylong literary event recently and came away with more than inspiration, knowledge, and new books. I heard someone say that Ann Patchett’s book ‘Bel Canto’ was a happy book. Now, perhaps, I will have the courage to read...
Blue Bird of Happiness

Blue Bird of Happiness

Happiness is craved, for me as much as anyone, I confess. In search of evermore accurate ways of quantifying human happiness, researchers at the University of Vermont have tuned into Twitter. Seriously, the Hollywood hype forum has come under academic scrutiny. Must...