COLUMN SIX: Time to get out of Dodge
IWAS SITTING AT THE ORLANDO AIRPORT on March 9, waiting for my flight back to Canada. Normally I would be on the alert for...
COLUMN SIX: Sunshine State standoff
Searching for a warm shower, two Canadians find themselves in hot water
Better start packing!” Brenda grumbled as she brusquely entered our second-floor Florida motel...
COLUMN SIX: In Portugal, Death tempts with embrace
Who let the reaper in?
If I should ever die—God forbid—I’d rather not know about it. Death and public speaking, both very scary.
I don’t remember...
COLUMN SIX: O Ye of Little Faith
The Church of what, now?
The Church of Atheism is an oxymoron. Like negative growth, or a conspicuous absence, or a working vacation.
I’m not saying...
COLUMN SIX: Road rage lite in our fair town
Enough with tailgating twits in their BMWs and minivans
I’m sitting in the passenger seat while my son is learning to drive. He is doing...
COLUMN SIX: Colon cancer
Who, me? No way.
This is my story. I make no apologies for my words or the contents. My facts are not gory or gruesome,...
COLUMN SIX: The Kobe quandary
Celebrity, and mourning people we don't know
I’m not an authority on celebrities, living or dead. I checked a list of the 50 “most famous”...
The Queen and I
Reflections on Harry, Meghan, and entitlement
Harry and Meghan Windsor plan to...
COLUMN SIX: A revised New Year’s Top 10
After two weeks of reflection, the author rethinks her resolutions
My Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions. Revised from January 1
10. Original: Wear more pink. My...
COLUMN SIX: Butternut
"You can have a treat when you can solve the Pelham Puzzler.”
My two-year-old gaped at me.