Because I know that you all accept me how I am, even though I’m now that lady, I’ll let you all be the first to hear about how I had to call every dermatologist’s office within a 25-mile radius to find out where I was supposed to be yesterday at 3:15. I’m not old […]
Adopt a Dog/Baby/Word/Whatever
My husband is all over me to get a dog. I’m not the most aggressive, stand-your-ground person (translation: I’m a pushover), so I’m new at this role as the one who gets to say no-you-can’t-get-a-puppy-go-clean-your-room-and-do-your-homework. He wants to adopt a greyhound who can’t race anymore or Buster, a lab that someone found and is […]
Fear of Flying, Not by Erica Jong
Hi, I’m Diane and I used to be afraid to fly. It’s one of my proudest accomplishments that I’m no longer afraid and I willingly get on airplanes to wherever and don’t clutch the arm of the person sitting next to me. When my fear of having to jump off the plane wing clutching […]
To Be Complainy or Not to Be Complainy
“Don’t be an Andy Rooney,” my husband said to me after reading my last blog post, about parents who are tools at their kids’ musical performances. He claims I was on a complainy streak, first whining about kids in the high school parking lot and now people who are line-cutters and flash-photography-takers at concerts. […]
Adults Behaving Badly
I recently spent four days at a music event for young people and educators. At least that’s where I think I was. Based on the behavior of the parents there, I may have been at NASCAR. Or prison visitation. I’ve never been to either of those things but if they’re anything like what I […]
13th Floor Foibles
Should I be bothered that this was my hotel shower curtain? I’m sure it’s fine. Is it just me or is it supremely stupid that there was no 13th floor on the hotel I stayed at last week? Wait, let me correct that: There was no Floor #13. There was, of course, a 13th […]