The last tic tac

When I was a little girl, orange Tic Tacs were the best. They tasted a lot like baby aspirin…but you could eat a bunch of Tic Tacs and not die. It wasn’t until years later that science discovered that giving aspirin to kids was a bad idea and can cause liver or brain damage. Yeah, […]

Screaming Eagle

As I started down the skinny trail, it dawned on me that I had followed a bunch of twenty-somethings into an area I did not know. You idiot, I muttered. Twenty-somethings are invincible. I am not. I looked back. Going back was a long way back up the narrow cat track. I looked left and […]

Confusion Says

True story. I called a chiropractor yesterday to schedule a first time appointment. I had been seeing my favorite in Vancouver but he moved farther away…and well, it’s just TOO far. I do so much better when I have a guy watching my back. Literally. It has been over a year since seeing someone and […]

Tales From the Tannenbaum, Part One

Part One of a not-so-serious series featuring brief autobiographies of christmas ornaments. This is one grumpy cat. Or penguin. He’s mad because he’s hanging on this tree in a Santa suit instead of eating kitty kibble…or krill? His arms…or flippers…can’t reach the other branches or ornaments. He’s suspended in the air, hanging vulnerably in the […]