If you don’t think my husband looks like Kevin Costner, you’re not alone. Lots of people spit their drinks when I tell them that for about three years, he had […]
I’m Putting the Grrrr Back in Girdle
I was standing in line at Macy’s lingerie department earlier this week, buying a pair of big old pajamas, and something caught my eye on a nearby rack. It was a girdle. I had heard that girdles had made a comeback, like around 10 years ago, but I’ve been busy. Or I forgot. Or […]
Eat, Pray, Love Little Babies
I couldn’t find a picture of Marge Mariner, so this will have to do. Marge was less whorish. I just discovered my new favorite blog, “Our Life in the Kitchen,” which is written by Karen Bove, who is a photographer, a cook and a midwife. She is master of two of my favorite things […]
Fact: Florida Trees are Wussies
As I write this, my husband is in our back yard propping up a little hibiscus tree, which yesterday started to fall over. “What’s it like living in Florida?” people ask me. Well, this is what it’s like: The ground is so soft and perpetually hot and wet, that it can’t even support a […]
O Second Cup of Coffee, I Love/Hate You
I have got to stop drinking more than one cup of coffee in the morning. Ever since I quit my job and became a stay-at-home mom, the second cup of coffee has become my downfall. My life has continually changed since then, but here’s a summary of the general sequence of events involving the […]
Revenge of the Computer Nerds
I was one of the lucky recipients of the latest hacker email scam – the friend who went to Spain and lost all his money and would so appreciate it if I, one of his 750 email contacts and somebody he barely knows, would send him €2,124 so he could get back home, […]