Who Was That Masked Bandit?
Last summer, I planted a small kumquat tree in a large pot on my front porch. My tree, more precisely known as the Fortunella Margarita, is native to southeast Asia and is related to citrus. It bears...
View ArticleFollowing Directions
One would think that a girl who has a GPS navigation system in her car and one on her iPhone would never get lost. But that’s not necessarily true. Several months ago, I did an article for the...
View ArticleScrewed in a Good Way
December was the month I finally got my head screwed on straight. On the advice of Andrew Johnston, my terrific trainer and great friend, I started seeing a NUCCA chiropractor, one who specializes in...
View ArticleSteamy Seductions
Okay, I give up. Winter’s won. I’m not throwing in the towel because of the significant snow in Georgia. For all you northerners, the usual Atlanta definition of “significant snow” is a snowflake...
View ArticleBeware of Pricks
I have a fairly large library at my house in Atlanta, and given the fact I can’t possibly fit all those books into my Florida home, I’ve started sorting through them to decide which ones to keep and...
View ArticleEviction or Excision?
During the height of my hideous divorce, I packed up the kids, dogs, and our exchange student for a trip to our condo in Destin, Florida. The property was in a gated and secured non-rental building...
View ArticleBarking Up the Wrong Tree
It’s happened several times now. Over the past few months, I’ve gotten calls from four different strangers, all in Rhode Island or Massachusetts. Every one of them had obviously dialed the wrong...
View ArticleYeah, Naked Really Does Look Great
Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing is a collection of essays that spans several decades. Every essay contains an anecdote about his writing life, with most pinpointing the initial idea that...
View ArticleGod IS In the Bars
God is in the bars, and I can prove it. I’m not writing to prove the existence of God. We’re all grownups here, and it’s really up to each of us to answer these questions for ourselves. But I do have...
View ArticleMake It Better
Anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain, don’t carry the world upon your shoulders. . . . The words to the 1968 Beatles’ hit were playing in the background yesterday morning as I sat down to...
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