I answered a call from a Wall Street Journal reporter last week and for a couple of days, my world spun out of control. Reporters are like wizards. One little phone call for just another story can send an average everyday housewife into a tizzy. What started out to be some comments about an […]
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If Kevin Costner Was My Long-Lost Brother-in-Law
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 […]