Humor Where You’d Least Expect It

After last week's declaration of a moratorium on lunches out, in the interest of getting things done for my rapidly approaching across-country move, I slipped up at the end of the week and had one more. Maybe that was a good thing in the end--or maybe not, in that as...

"Will you be OK?" That was the question I couldn't quite believe I had just heard from the person at the other end of the phone. Did she know something I didn't? I had just called my bank to transfer some money and was asked for the usual identifying information--and...

I've been hearing it for years, and had all but written it off...but there it was again, on the Today Show, so I had to take notice. Feng shui can change your life. OK, I wanted to see how. When feng shui first hit the western marketplace, the bookstores became...

Today I made a new best friend. Her name is Liz. It all started this morning when I called an 800 number that was connected to a skin care products company. I wanted information about their products. It was about 9:30, my time. The very cheery and friendly female...

I think I broke my toe late last night--one of the little ones--on my right foot, to be exact. It happened around midnight when my toe ran into the wheels on my carry-on suitcase that is still on the floor in my bedroom, waiting to be unpacked. I was waltzing around...

Now I'm in a real quandary of tsunami proportions. What to do? I'm talking about bronzer and shimmer. I never thought it would come to this. Suddenly, I learned today, that 'frosted' is out and 'shimmer' is in, and I dare not be caught wearing the wrong one of these....

Whew. The day after Christmas and no more of this angst over what to wish people--"Merry Whatever" versus "Happy Holidays" is over for another year...or is it? This year especially, the concern seemed particularly over-blown, or was it just another one of those...

I'm not usually one to complain about food--even back when the airlines were serving it, I didn't find it as unspeakably bad as almost everyone else did. (What did they expect?? They were on an airplane and the main object was to get somewhere--not have a 5-star...

I come from a family of picklers and canners--my mother and one aunt in particular pickled and canned their way through every summer. Every fruit and vegetable known to man was fair game. I was always in the work force and participated in the picking, the washing, the...