Took some cold medicine, put on makeup for work. Arrived at work, caught glimpse of self in office mirror, realized what I had done. ...

Tippity-typing on my phone, so the basics were this: 4:50am. Gavin couldn't take it anymore and burst into the room exclaiming, ...

I'm doing this a bit early, because I am punctual like that. If the year goes tits-up in the next week, I will note it. 1. What did yo...

Our aged cat Hercules (HUR-kles) departed this mortal coil on Saturday at the age of 20.  He called for my mother, she held him in her arms,...

Remember all those hurricanes we were having over the summer? There was a record-breaking number of them this year . Here they all are in o...

Both of us are shrugging, having expected this transition to be more momentous, teenager and aging parent-of-teenager that we now are. I did...

The other day I was reading a few threads on my phone while drinking coffee, and could not understand why one person was flipping out about ...

It's Christmas candy time! Every year I try to make a new confection. One year it was peppermint patties. Another year it was a brandy-s...

FAMILY PHOTOS. I forgot to take any. But I did take eight pictures of the turkey. I was hungry. FAMILY DRAMA. My 13 year-old cousin th...