Meet the Teacher Night – A Stutterers Nightmare
When obligatory interactions like Meet the Teacher night at my son’s new school come along, I immediately start obsessing over the possible interactions I may have to make.…
Category: The Random
Food: A Platform
Food, a topic that seems to make a house undivided, or, at least, not at each others throats……
Her name is Peanut Jimmies.
Peanut Jimmies peers through the glass of my backdoor, watching me enjoy the nice weather March brings for Floridians. This furry girl somehow combines sulk with adamancy. She’s lazy about wanting to come outside, but…
All self-imploding things must come to an end.
In my early 20’s I was a borderline squatter. I can name two states I lived in for a full year in which you cannot find a single connection to me living there. No utility…
The plight of the hairdresser.
“I like this picture of me. It was taken probably four years ago or so.” Becky swipes through her phone with a slow, unsure movement. “Then this one is also nice, this was just a…
“Do you want to try a clam strip?” – I visit a Clarksville, FL gas station.
This title may be a little misleading. I wasn’t visiting, per say, a Clarksville, FL gas station. I was passing through on my way to Tallahassee, and my husband suggested we take the ‘pretty route’,…
What’s your favorite perfume? Mine’s Tiger Balm…
As I roll out of bed, carefully using the palms of my hands and not my back to lift myself up, the reality of my immortality sinks in. No, it’s not a revelation. The thought…