Send in the (Ass)Clowns
I have long held that, separately, my husband and I are fairly intelligent people. But put us together, and we make one big stupid person. What was once valued in each of us as common sense, evaporates the moment we join forces. A plan that, on the outset, would sound to anyone else like something […]
Birthday Wishes and Dolphin Tears
“Discovery Cove.” There’s a truth to that name that extends far beyond the original intention of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. I know that now. There’s a famous quote by Aristotle that states “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” But there is a more apt quote from Goethe that now defines my life: “Know […]
The Day of Wine and Posers (or: How to Piss Off the Gift Shop Gestapo)
I’m not usually in the habit of providing a disclaimer before I let my sardonic interpretation of an event run wild, but I will say this about the upcoming anecdote: I try never to get slapped with that label which is so widely scorned (and rightfully so), known as the “Ugly American.” But sometimes that […]
“I feel a presence . . . and it’s mine.”
Being a writer these days entails much more than simply (yes, some of my fellow writers will rightfully scoff at the word “simply”) sitting at one’s computer keyboard at 2 a.m., wearing fuzzy Snoopy pants and an old “I Survived the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012” t-shirt, stuffing Sour Patch Kids in your face and just […]
