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How to Turn a Flat Tire into a Fulfilled Speech
Monday evening, I was scheduled to present a motivational speech to an exclusive, private club in Boise. I wiggled into my dress, gathered my notes, and sashayed to my car with 45 minutes to make a 30...
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For Peace and Clarity, Go Hang a Banana
(Featured on The Huffington Post Fifty on August 18, 2015.) The world is smoldering toward catastrophic self-destruction, so it’s only sensible that I take a brief moment of clarity to offer this...
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A Message to My Son as He Prepares for College
(Featured on The Huffington Post Fifty, August 29, 2015) Dear Son, What do you mean you mailed a college application? Get back down on the floor and play with some Legos. Do you want me to make you...
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Where Were the Good Songs of Summer?
(Featured on The Huffington Post 50 on Sept. 1, 2015) Back when songs had creative lyrics and tunes were memorable, we turned up the volume on our record players and cassette tapes and sang along...
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The Seven Deadly Sins, Birthday Edition
My birthday comes with the advent of sweater-weather; when the foliage on the hillsides bursts into vibrant colors of golden-yellow, scarlet-red, and fire-orange. Overhead, the geese point their way...
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When Buoyant Boobs become Tittie Tubes
(Featured on The Huffington Post Comedy page Sept. 16, 2015) Gravity is the phenomenal force that keeps the moon in orbit and eliminates the chance of us floating off into space. A less attractive...
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Help Stop Wimpy Parent Syndrome
(Featured on The Huffington Post Comedy page Sept. 29, 2015) I’ve been embarrassing my children for more than 30 years. They now are happy young adults with loving spouses, adorable children and...
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Good Advice for Bad Reviews
If I’m feeling a bit too confident and need an instant dose of humility, I read some bad reviews about my latest book Midlife Cabernet. This self-inflicted pain is sure to temporarily destroy my...
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Teens Shouldn’t Trick-or-Treat
(Featured on The Huffington Post 50 on Oct. 31, 2015) Get your ugly face off my doorstep. I promise not to come to your house and grab your goodies; unless you have M&Ms with peanuts. Then we can...
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Memories of Mom
My mother died 12 months ago today, so we’ve experienced a year of birthdays, holidays, and family gatherings without her. I knew the year anniversary was coming and naively anticipated that its...
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The Martini Tower with a Twist of Levity
I’ve never met Malin Morin of the City of Groningen in The Netherlands, but I’m confident we’d be best friends. She emailed me a photograph of her holding my book Midlife Cabernet in front of the...
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“Midlife Cabernet” Tastes another Award
Midlife Cabernet – Life, Love & Laughter after 50 won First Place in the Nonfiction eBook category from a recent competition sponsored by the North American Book Awards. The program honors...
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Elf on the Shelf is Wicked
Here’s how to get through the holidays with humor. (Click humor for the TV video. Really.) This week I was interviewed on “Idaho Living” by the charming Johnna Johnson. We discussed several ways to...
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Read Books: No Batteries Required
Books from Mill Park Publishing have won 15 awards in the past four years. Books from Mill Park Publishing provide hours of entertainment without needing batteries, electricity, or sizing. And, they...
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Adult Coloring Books have Issues, Too
I don’t have time for this shit. A recent article in the online Atlantic Monthly noted that stressed people are using coloring books to relieve existential angst. Apparently, to supply the global...
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Toffee and the Seven Deadly Sins
Brown sugar, pecans, chocolate, and butter are simple ingredients but when combined, heated, and transformed into candy, they have the power to turn me to the dark side. I am helpless to fight the...
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Bewildered by Buzzwords
Every day I receive energetic appeals to register for various podcasts, online workshops, and Internet training courses that will save me from a wretched existence of wasted potential. Each request...
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Speaking of Laughter
“It’s such a busy time of year. I’ve had company for weeks! I finally took my aunt to the airport this morning, but now I’m feeling guilty. Her plane doesn’t leave until next week.” Rim shot. I often...
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If Arts Patrons Acted Like Football Fans
I listened to the growls, shouts and exasperated complaints coming from the menfolk watching an NFL football game, so I waited for a commercial break, strolled into the room, and quietly suggested we...
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My Fish Won’t Hump Your Leg
We arrived at our host’s lovely home and exchanged pleasantries as I offered my baked won-ton appetizers. Then the dog attacked. The pony-sized labradoodle bounded into the room and feverishly started...
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