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Slow-car fast 02-22-2026

When I was a kid, I thought my Dad’s car was faster than my Mom’s car. When I asked my folks about it, I got unsatisfying answers about it probably just seeming faster because of the seating position or the noisy, rear mounted engine. I knew his car couldn’t […]

Another lousy anniversary 02-04-2026

Today marks a full year since my Mom died. I miss her. That is all.

Why is this news 02-03-2026

I have asked myself this question many times in the past thirty years or so. It began with a white Ford Bronco, trundling along the freeway at a stately pace flanked by a fleet of police cars, lights flashing and sparkling, a bizarre and grim parade spectacle.  And a spectacle […]

Minivan names off the top of my head 01-23-2026

I trust you’ll trust that I am not looking anything up. These are literally just the minivan names I can remember for no good reason. I don’t know why I felt the need to reel off a list of minivans but I feel better for having purged than out of my brain.

Oh s*** 01-18-2026

I know I have a reputation as a woman in command of le mot juste for any occasion.  And that’s because most of you know my words by my writing, when I’ve had a moment to gather my thoughts and file down the rough edges. Or you have seen me in Public Entertainment […]

Supersober 08-15-2025

I was thinking of the time, back in my D&D playing days, when our party was exploring an abandoned fort and some of them found some high zoot booze and proceeded to get shit-waller-wasted. The party cleric was like, “oh, I think the fuck not,” and whipped […]

Handling your own business 03-18-2025

One of the many things my Mom taught me was how to handle myself around men I didn’t trust. Which is to say, stay on your toes, keep your eyes open, keep your elbows up, and be ready to raise hell. When I was in high school, I came to grief by a boy in […]

Turkis or not Turkis 03-04-2025

When I was around ten or eleven years old, my Dad got a call from a man who was restoring his 1962 Volkswagen and needed to have his engine rebuilt. He wanted to keep it stock, rebuilding the original 40-horse, if at all possible. “Not a problem,” my Dad told […]

DIYing the Mother/Daughter bond 02-18-2025

I know the “theory” of love languages is bunkum, but there is definitely a value to accepting that different people express affection or connection differently. And for my Mom and I, our moments of bonding and closeness seemed often to occur while elbows deep […]

Last night a DJ saved my life… 01-15-2017

I was thinking about the Ten Albums that Defined Your Teen Years thread that’s going around. I am going to be a sad-ass and admit I don’t have a roster of ten albums. I listened to a lot of different music, depending on my mood. I was, to the largest extent, […]