Get a Move On Ever get some advice, and while helpful, your internal dialog is snarking; “Easy for you to say Buddy, you should try it yourself sometime.” Or when someone, let’s hypothetically say a real estate agent, suggests your closets should be thinned down to about 25% of what’s currently jammed in there, you’re…
Hearts Inquire As we coast into my least favorite month, I’m a little hard pressed to point out any creative bright spots in February. Oh look! There’s a holiday in the middle of the month where couples can stress over their miserable attempts at communicating their love accurately and succinctly on one day, and singles…
Savin’ Some Simoleons I have mixed emotions about January this year. Normally it feels like a big period at the end of the sentence of the last chapter of Holidays Gone Haywire, a novel you pick up in November and can’t put it down until the day after New Years. When it’s over you can’t…
Feeling List-less? I’m working on a new Christmas carol called It’s a Covid Christmas. There’s a long way to go to capture the real spirit of the holiday, but I think I nailed the first line. “When in danger, or in doubt, Run in circles, scream and shout.” Yes, it’s that time of year again…
Non-Traditional Traditions Our family Thanksgiving is pretty easy to summarize: two days of cooking followed by 20 minutes of eating, then as the food coma subsides, we have a spirited game of Turkey Ball. It’s played with leftover drumsticks and it’s kind of a cross between lacrosse, keep-away and interpretive dance. No one knows the…
The Tables Have Turned If my house had a popularity contest, I’m afraid my dining room would be buzzed out of the competition as soon as it started. It’s not that she isn’t pretty, or accommodating, or fun for that matter, it’s just that she’s always there. Waiting. Biding her time, patiently standing by for…
Dare to Repair How the heck did it get to be September already? Better question, why am I always surprised when it lumbers in? It’s like an 18 wheeler with a bad muffler—you can tell it’s coming from a mile away, but I still jump when it pulls up alongside. There’s that slightly panicky feeling…
Seltzer Quest The hard seltzer fad shows no signs of fizzing out anytime soon, particularly as the temperatures climb and swimsuit weather is here. What’s not to like? It’s low-calorie, refreshing, and the taste is so…so…so-so. That’s the rub with our effervescent new friend, most have a definite lack of flavor. In my quest for…
The Cast Iron Stomach I tend to avoid controversy, I do, but I think it’s time to have a civil discussion on a contentious topic. Many strong arguments have been made on both sides, but can we just talk about cast iron cookware? To some it’s a kitchen workhorse that gets passed down from generation…
Eggsactly It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was brunch. A meal I have never really trusted–not quite breakfast, not quite lunch, but I love it despite it’s refusal to conform to victual standardization. Of course the best brunch is one you don’t have to make yourself, but…
