Sitting in the car, heading into town the other day, out of the blue Mom says to me, "You can use me as your foil... if you want to." Having not personally visited the 1920s, it took me a minute...
Evie, "Does George really have to go?" Me to Evie, "Honey, we've talked about this. Yes. George was a wonderful Christmas tree. We're grateful for his service and hope he {and his surprise nest of little spiders} enjoyed the novelty...
I like to write about the funny and sometimes-only-funny-after-the-fact stuff that happens to us. It's super easy when it's something that actually happened to us - I just add a bit cynicism or obvious truth to the commentary and the...