A Rant about Streateries

A Rant about Streateries

The Urban Dictionary has a new word: Streatery. Without large amounts of thought because of your personal pandemic experience, you can surmise the derivation of the word. Throughout this country, restaurants have survived by creatively co-opting concrete and asphalt...
Pandemic Pounds

Pandemic Pounds

June 15 = D day. Diet Day, that is. We’re officially sprung from our lengthy statewide lockdown and the mirror and scales proclaim: it’s time to tackle the ‘quarantine fifteen.’ Further, the seams and zippers of our ill-filling slacks agree...
My Pandemic Survival Kit

My Pandemic Survival Kit

I made it – whew – through the ravages of COVID-19! From March 2020 through March 2021 I survived among savages (those who refused to mask up), thus enabling the deadly virus to spread across this country. The virulent virus gobbled up peoples’...
Life as a Miracle: Five Guys

Life as a Miracle: Five Guys

Last year, we call can agree, was the pits. We all suffer, as this new year begins, from PTSD, previously the domain of warriors returning from battles in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. I have a unique variant of PTSD, one that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For...