After a rough day spent corralling my rowdy kids, I’d had enough. “I think I’m going to sell them,” I hissed to my siste ...read more
When a family friend passed away, my granddaughter took her three-year-old son to visit the widow. As they approached the front ...read more
As the music swelled during a recent wedding reception, my hopelessly romantic husband squeezed my hand, leaned in and said, “ ...read more
My mother joined a Weight Watchers group. At the first session, the group leader explained the healthy-eating plans everyone sho ...read more
A friend of ours was puzzled with the series of odd messages left on his answering machine. Day after day friends and family wou ...read more
The stomping ground of professional and amateur entertainers alike, Twitter has become a place to hone your comedy chops. Here a ...read more
Heavy snow had buried my van in our driveway. My husband dug around the wheels, rocked the van back and forth, and finally pushe ...read more
Today I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t seen in years. She raved about how I hadn’t aged a bit, and I was all set to tha ...read more
I visited my daughter bearing gifts: summer squash from my garden.
“What should I do with it?” she asked.
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A shopper at my in-law’s clothing store couldn’t understand why she had to pay so much for her purchase.
“I g ...read more
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Overheard in a museum’s dinosaur exhibit recently: a confused woman complaining to her friend, “How could they possibly know ...read more
The air-conditioning in my high school civics class was less than ideal. Everyone who sat in the back would freeze, while everyo ...read more
In an age when smartphones can force us to seem dumber, Twitter has become the favourite forum to vent frustrations:
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