One of my relatives told me when he got a new car, he had an awful time finding it in parking lots. He wandered up and down rows and rows of cars, too embarrassed...

I’m a sucker for travel writing. All different kinds. My obsession began a long time ago with Charles Kuralt’s essays and progressed to William Least Heat Moon’s “Blue Highways”. I haunt travel sections in...

A friend of mine came home from Pilates and texted me that someone at the end of the class had said, “You did really well!” She was more than clearly annoyed. “Why wouldn’t I...

At the farmer’s market last week, I bought some Yukon Gold potatoes from a young woman at one of the produce stands. She was wearing a t-shirt with a cool graphic and the words,...

For two bucks at Half Price Books I got a brand new compilation of Paul Theroux’s travel essays. I like his writing and have read most of his travel books in unabridged editions. This...

It was a beautiful day and I zipped over to the saltwater beach five minutes away. I had reserved one of the shelters there for a family picnic on the weekend and wanted to...

We could hear the band coming down the street from the high school two blocks away. When it passed our house we knew it was time to leave. My mother and I walked north...

A friend of mine told me when she was growing up, she always knew what day of the week it was because of what her mother fixed for breakfast. Different days of the week...

I know two people who got in online arguments with a bot. The funny thing is, both of them knew their communication was with a bot but it didn’t stop them from trying to...

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day and yesterday would have been my mother’s birthday so she’s been on my mind. She died in 1987 and I still miss her. I had a different mother than...