Middle Age

My Friend Michelle

  My friend Michelle “threw off her mortal coil” in her 61st year last week. And I use that expression as the most apt I could think of in this circumstance. Michelle was a fierce defender of justice, a rabid protector of lost souls, a not-to-be-trifled-with trivia maven, a Fluevog shoe flaunter, a clawed defender of female cat owners (single …

Middle Age

Techno-jail

At the cottage, we use our iPhone hotspots to access the internet. This works pretty well, except on summer long weekends or when it’s raining, when everybody and their progeny ...
Middle AgeTravels

Cottage Status Report 20240729

I am pleased to announce that the Broken Appliance of the Month award goes to the dishwasher. Even though we’re not quite through July, I’m pretty confident nothing else will ...
Middle Age

Clueless

As I have mentioned, I have experienced an unexpected reversal in my aversion to crossword puzzles. This is partially because they have evolved considerably from their previous incarnation, which was ...
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The next instalment of my memoir, If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday, will be published later in 2024.

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