Wednesday WTF
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, who hurt you? Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Neil Armstrong, and Cincinnati Chili, who would think that a state that produced such utterly cool people, diversions, and deliciousness would have a home like the one featured in this week’s column. So I ask again Ohio, who hurt you…
“The strangest and greatest potential I have ever seen.” How is that for an opening line to a listing? It is a real grabber, isn’t it, dummy? You read that right. I said dummy. That is how safe and secure the house featured in this week’s Wednesday WTF column is making me feel. I can…
Summer is always a perilous time for my marriage. I am a 56-year-old menopausal woman who battles hot flashes like a ninja trained spider monkey. Spider monkeys are 3-foot-tall primates who often become violent toward humans who try to domesticate them. The only thing missing at the end of the definition is “or are going…
The July 4th holiday is one that holds a lot of nice memories for me. My parents would hold barbecues at our house where our neighbors and just about all the Cubans that lived in Birmingham would come over. It was loud and it was fun. My Pops would squeeze every bit of lighter fluid…
Children can bring the greatest joy to our lives. They can also bring the greatest disappointment. Up until this last week I had only ever experienced joy with our daughter. After this week, though, I think I am simply going to write her out of the will, which is something because she is our heir…