Laughter is the Best Medicine

Laughter is the Best Medicine

What can cause you to double over with laughter? What incites a snicker or a full-throated guffaw? What evokes repeated chuckles, signaling happiness for all who can hear you – and if they can’t hear you, your body language reveals all? Bust-a-gut laughter...
My Dad was a Cheapskate

My Dad was a Cheapskate

My Dad was a cheapskate. He was more than thrifty. “It’s his way, my mother would say to excuse his perniciousness which hurt me and curbed my enthusiasm for events and opportunities, field trips as a child. In my parents’ defense, he was the sole...
Regrets, I have a few…

Regrets, I have a few…

August 2 question: Have you ever written something that afterward you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it? Well, well, well. This is an interesting topic… I’m a writer who has a keen sense of irony, a...
Check, please

Check, please

What kind of person would quip thus to a waiter: “Bring me the smallest check, please?” A cheeky one; that’s me, in case you don’t know. I may have smirked, but I didn’t wink. I promise; I was sincere. What kind of waiter would take...