“Less is more” may be a common expression, but let’s face it, there aren’t too many of us in modern society who willingly subscribe to that philosophy. Ours is a world that worships at the altar of “more, bigger and better.” And to be honest, “less, smaller and...
I don’t need to see Sirius shining in the predawn sky to know we are late in the dog days of summer. Fifteen straight days with highs in the 90s was a dead giveaway. When I was a child my father would invariably refer to the dog days as “the beginning of the end of...
In honor of Father’s Day, I’d like to share two excerpts about my dad from my book, My Pineapples Went to Houston. My dad has been gone 13 years now and I still miss him and think about him almost every day. And if I hear a Dean Martin song, I completely...
Ladies and gentlemen, we have been betrayed! Forget all the nonsense the medical establishment has fed you about healthy living and longevity. It’s all been a pack of lies and I have proof. Exhibit A: Next week The Rolling Stones–yes, the ones with an average...
I’m sure I was like many other people during the recent Christmas season, hanging decorations, baking cookies and singing carols. Unlike some, however, I was also marking a very personal anniversary, remembering the Christmas twelve years earlier when my husband of 22...
It’s a dirty story, but somebody’s got to write it. I am pooped out. Literally. No, really, I literally mean literally pooped out. You see, I had a colonoscopy this morning, which required me to spend all day yesterday “prepping” for it. That means that in the past...
I picked up the ringing phone the other day to hear these words from my friend’s mouth. “I’ve got to do something about my brain,” she said plainly. “Um, you could donate it to science,” I suggested, trying to be helpful. “Well, yes,” she responded, “after I die.”...
Man, I really hate when I forget to do things. I don’t mean forget-to-go-to-the-dry-cleaners kinds of things, which I do on a regular basis, or even forget-to-put-your-dentures-in-before-going-to-work kinds of things, which I only do on a semi-regular basis. I mean...
They say the devil is in the details and that is certainly true in regard to insurance policies as I am unfortunately learning, but in regard to relationships, the details can be absolutely heavenly. I like the way this Khalil Gibran quotation expresses it, “In the...
