Just one of the ‘guys’
July 30, 2007
“Hi, guys!” chirp two perky, young hostesses in unison, as my husband and I walk through the door. “Table for two, guys?” “Please,” I answer, and follow the taller one through the restaurant, trying not to gawk at her impossibly short shorts. I think to myself, “If I ever dreamt ...
Sweat sweet for boomer’s husband
July 24, 2007
To say that my husband and I feel differently about sweating is like saying Michael Moore and Blue Cross feel differently about health care coverage. When it comes to tolerance of heat and perspiration, we are (and I apologize in advance for the following groaner) solar opposites. My husband loves ...
Good intentions pave road to fridge scour
July 16, 2007
I recently experienced what can only be described as a watershed moment. A first. An event so monumental I feel compelled to document it in this newspaper and on the World Wide Web, so it will live in perpetuity. What was this act, you ask? What was the thing that ...
Toys make insidious comeback
July 8, 2007
It’s common for me to have snippets of songs caught in my head for days at a time. Some are pleasant enough (“Blackbird singing in the dead of night ...”) while others frazzle the nerves like fingernails on a blackboard (“Yummy, yummy, yummy, I got love in my tummy …”) ...
Bird-watching reignites passions of empty-nester couple
July 1, 2007
I appreciate the leisurely, laid-back tempo of summer, but this week life slowed to a geriatric snail’s pace. Friends have left town, some not to return for weeks. Children have fled for jobs out of state. And that 10-day vacation in August we’ve planned for months seems light years away. ...