Mostly True Updates and Stories
Awkward Stage
As a woman of a certain age, about to have a birthday that will catapult me to another certain age, I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older and to be honest, I’ve spent a lot of time looking at my face and neck in the mirror.
Happy Hollerdays
I found out the truth about Santa Claus when I was 5 years old the way I do most things: the hard way.
Flava Flav & The End of America
I recently came across a meme that said: “Once upon a time there was a competition and Flava Flav was the prize.”
Go Ahead And Panic
In the ninth month of 2020, a madman was our president and we worried he might be for four more years…
Plum Jelly
Shortly before my grandmother died, a few years after we ate the last jar of that jelly, I asked her why she had never dated or remarried after my grandfather died when she was still in her early forties. She didn’t hesitate before she answered, “Because I only loved one man, and the son of a bitch went and died on me.”