Year archives: 2003

My Affair With A Dead Man

“…but by-and-by she let out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so, then I didn’t care no more about him; because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn No, this isn’t about my husband. Even if he does seem dead at times, when …

A Short Visit to Margaritaville

“Wasting away again in Margaritaville. Searching for my long lost shaker of salt…” Jimmy Buffet Of all the injustices I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime, I think the worst was the way I once saw a margarita treated. I ordered a frozen margarita. You know, just the usual lime variety. When the waitress brought it …

The Princess of Pain

My daughter, Charlotte, is nine years old and, therefore, very impressionable. This worries me. Her step-father, my husband, is quite possibly the crudest person alive. He is very loving but, nevertheless, a bad influence. The first time this became evident was when she was about five years old. We were playing Hangman with her and …

What’s Up Doc?

The only time I have ever doubted my relationship with my loving husband was the sad day when he told me he didn’t think Bugs Bunny was funny. How, I asked myself, could I have given my heart to someone who held this view? Bugs Bunny to this day is the funniest cartoon on television. …