Resolving to have a happier new year
As I see it, the problem with writing is obvious: all the good lines are taken. If there was any justice in the world I would open this column about 2006 with "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
The lasting lessons of life
It seems to me to be patently unfair that firsts get all the fanfare - first step, first love, first kiss.
The plague and I
I think it's safe to confess that I have been a carrier of the plague. Apparently, I had pinkeye.Every single last one of my...
Beautiful, broken things
We all love beautiful things, but there is the problem with them. They are all so fragile.
Life Out Loud: Replaced, rejected, retired
The most dedicated servant is always the last to see the layoff coming.
One minute, you think you have the utmost in job security.
Stupidity leads to quick burn
There is a certain comfort to be taken in the knowledge that some things are probably never going to change.
Butt then, maybe I’ll call you
We just spent a very confused moment staring at the caller ID that pops up on our TV screen and wondering how I could...
Five more minutes? Alarming idea (to the folks who bring you The Most...
It's like this: I'm adrift in dreamland, when I'm rudely startled awake by the "Bleet-Bleet-Pounding-In-Your-Brain-Bleet-Bleet" of The Most Annoying Alarm Clock In The History Of the World (Patent Pending).
Pillar of strength
Ours is a lovely old farmhouse. Sturdy, solid and square.
Say what?
Kymberly Foster Seabolt ponders the phenomenon of telling her husband something more than once without it sinking in.