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Humor in E-Flat Alto
Mr. Webster, the Wendell, Idaho Elementary School band instructor, lowered his baton and glared at me. I held my E-flat alto saxophone like a barrier between us and immediately regretted blaring a...
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The Dawning of the Age of Hilarious
I used to strut in my tailored suit with my leather briefcase into a posh coffee shop and order a $6 cup of hot liquid with a complicated name. I would smile confidently at the baristas, being...
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The Domestic Humorist Challenge
Last November, social media exploded into a regurgitated cesspool of vicious vitriol oozing like a toxic stew of vomit. It was worse than my first date in college. I attempted to balance the...
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Go, Dogs Go, to a Resort Hotel!
My children loved the book Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman with its colorful story about big dogs and little dogs, red, green, and blue dogs, dogs going up and dogs going fast. I was reminded of the...
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Change Your Boring Empty Nest into a Creative Writing Studio
Instead of moaning and groaning about empty nests, expanding waistlines, and lost libidos, women over age fifty should write something. Now is the time to release the passionate muse that has...
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How I Became an Identical Twin
(Because we need more laughter, my guest blogger today is Christine Wilcox. She’s a dignified corporate vice president by day, but away from her office she becomes a hilarious storyteller writing from...
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The Good Gifts for All Your Angels
Mill Park Publishing of Eagle, Idaho, offers 14 award-winning books, and 7 recent releases are the perfect gifts for the angels and fallen angels in your life. Two books featuring magic potatoes and...
View ArticleEverything is Upside Down
When my wee granddaughter was a year old, her favorite pose was to poke her butt in the air, place her head on the floor, and look back between her legs. This position is best executed by little...
View ArticleCan Midlife Marriage Survive a Prolapsed Bladder?
“It’s a good thing we aren’t dating in our twenties now,” my husband mused as I stood traumatized in the hospital room while urine sprayed wildly across the floor. “This could cause a young, single guy...
View ArticleWhen Your Audience Says “Stop Talking”
At a recent presentation, I was shocked when the audience seemed irritated because I was there. They refused to laugh at my jokes, so I began an energized speech sure to sway their misguided...
View ArticleDoes the Parade End at the Empy Nest?
When my kids were three and five we took them to Disneyland because we wanted to spend our life’s savings to stand in line with a million sweaty people and wait an hour for a 30-second ride. Disneyland...
View ArticleForget the Elf! Find Myself on Your Shelf!
‘Tis the season to give lasting gifts, so stock the stockings with award-winning books from Idaho bestselling author Elaine Ambrose. Save a few for yourself! Shop local and order books from local...
View ArticleNaughty NextDoor: Candy Culprits and Deadly Ducks
When I get bored watching the circus in Washington, DC, I glance at my NextDoor account to read about what’s going on in the neighborhood. The comments provide the best entertainment in town. Here are...
View ArticleIdaho Author is a Winner in the Erma Bombeck Humor Writing Competition
Elaine Ambrose, a bestselling author and humorist from Meridian, Idaho, is a winner in the prestigious Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Her essay titled “A Pain in the Foot” won Honorable Mention in...
View ArticleA Pain in the Foot – Winning Essay for Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
(Note: This essay was chosen as a winner in the 2020 Erma Bombeck Humor Writing Competition. I’ll read the essay at a reception hosted by Betsy Bombeck, Erma’s daughter, at the Erma Bombeck Writers’...
View ArticleCan Midlife Marriage Survive a Prolapsed Bladder?
“It’s a good thing we aren’t dating in our twenties now,” my husband mused as I stood traumatized in the hospital room while urine sprayed wildly across the floor. “This could cause a young, single guy...
View ArticleWhen Your Audience Says “Stop Talking”
At a recent presentation, I was shocked when the audience seemed irritated because I was there. They refused to laugh at my jokes, so I began an energized speech sure to sway their misguided...
View ArticleDoes the Parade End at the Empy Nest?
When my kids were three and five we took them to Disneyland because we wanted to spend our life’s savings to stand in line with a million sweaty people and wait an hour for a 30-second ride. Disneyland...
View ArticleForget the Elf! Find Myself on Your Shelf!
‘Tis the season to give lasting gifts, so stock the stockings with award-winning books from Idaho bestselling author Elaine Ambrose. Save a few for yourself! Shop local and order books from local...
View ArticleNaughty NextDoor: Candy Culprits and Deadly Ducks
When I get bored watching the circus in Washington, DC, I glance at my NextDoor account to read about what’s going on in the neighborhood. The comments provide the best entertainment in town. Here are...
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