Nov 18, 2018
I know I’ve posted this poem before. I don’t care. After a completely enjoyable evening last night watching so many talented friends strutting their stuff on The WTG stage, and knowing t...
Oct 19, 2018
The Meaning of PinkOkay. Now, my wife and I had been out sailing around the British Virgin Islands for a week. We had chartered a 32-foot sailboat from one of the chartering companies on Tortola, and ...
June 13, 2014
Okay. I'm pretty damned sure that what I am about to say is going to piss off more than a few people. But that's never stopped me before.Soooo . . .For years we have been hearing slogans from the NRA ...
June 10, 2014
I was thinking about e.e. cummings all day today, and I really think the man had it right. There is no place in the natural universe for capitalization.We are all the same. We are all equal. Not just ...
Feb 13, 2014
Okay.So I really like comfort food, okay?I fight the urge most of the time, and that's how I manage to keep my girlish figure and my heart pumping on a regular basis, which, according to my doctor, is...
Nov 24, 2013
I get hurt a lot. Physically, that is.I do; I get hurt a lot.I fall down a lot.I stub my toes a lot.I burn my hands a lot on hot things like stoves and fireplaces.My body almost always sports things l...
Nov 14, 2013
Last night, I went to daughter's house to celebrate my granddaughter Lainey's tenth birthday. Â When Lainey's sister Alyssa, who is two years older than Lainey, turned ten, Mary Ellen and I took her...
Oct 23, 2013
Okay.I wasfeeling really ambitious and energetic this weekend. So I spent about six hoursSaturday cleaning out my fridge.(I know. Iknow. I can hear you laughing.)I don’t doit as much as I shoul...
Oct 22, 2013
She died as she lived, peacefully and gently.Her mouth full of apples.No more pain now.She taught me how to ride and so very much more.She leaves behind a 30-year legac...
Oct 18, 2013
It has been a while since I've been around these parts, but, after the fun and games that have been staged in D.C. these past few weeks, I find it hard to keep my big mouth shut.Here are two short art...
July 15, 2013
You know something? I could almost give a damn that Kim Kardashian is having a kid, or had a kid, or is having a goat. I could almost care that Miley Cyrus called off her wedding, or is pissed off at ...
May 31, 2013
Okay.Let me tell you about the kind of day that I had yesterday.I have been in the process of directing a great farce by KenLudwig for the last ten weeks. The play is LendMe A Tenor, and it is the fir...
Dec 12, 2012
Okay, listen. I didn't do it onpurpose. It was an accident. It wasn't my fault.Got that?Okay then. Here's my story.I had just brought home Mary Ellen'sashes for the first time. The “urn” i...
Nov 19, 2012
There were so many people at MaryEllen's wake that the funeral home director had to take theunprecedented action of asking those who were sitting in the viewingroom to please leave and go to the churc...
Nov 18, 2012
Kristy just emailed me and asked if I was comfortable giving out my mailing address in case some of you wanted to contact me. In stead of that, you may contact me at my email to request my contact inf...