Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I gave my son a T-shirt for his birthday because I thought it was cute. He's a 34-year old man who lives and works in New York City so you'd think his options for wearing cute T-shirts might be somewhat limited. But, I don't care. I just wanted him to know I thought he was [...]
My phone took a trip to LaCrosse without me on Saturday and I'm trying not to take it personally. She buried herself in the passenger seat of my friend's car and enjoyed a nice little road trip. It took me a while to figure out where she had gone. I felt a little frantic when [...]
About a year ago, my friend Facebook asked me if I’d like to make our relationship FB official by creating a bitmoji. I played around with the idea very, very briefly and then declined. I don’t like to think that hard about what I look like. It’s kind of deflating. Ah, but Facebook is a [...]
I love the Progressive Insurance commercials in which Dr. Rick teaches new homeowners not to become their parents. Those little snippets crack me up. Teaching a parent how to silence a cellphone? Ha! Who hasn't done that? So funny. Explaining a PDF to a group of elderly people? Yes. I have done that too. Chuckling [...]
I love a good walk with a friend, especially these days when those soothing balms of socialization have become a little trickier to apply. We tramp off, mostly toward the river, and unburden ourselves of adulthood while we breathe in good, clean air. Walks with friends provide the perfect antidote to whatever life throws your [...]