Thoughts

Things are looking up! As I speak, Calvin the Mechanic and his brother Everett are tearing LaVanne’s innards apart to find out if they can fix her without replacing her engine. Cross your [...]

I made a big decision last night. I am not going to start traveling the country until I’ve paid off my debts and saved up an emergency fund of $3000. To do otherwise would just be stupid [...]

Where food is concerned, I am a true junkie, as addicted as if carbs were heroin.

My friend and her husband could use a helping hand right about now.

RTR ended two weeks ago. I took loads of photos and planned tons of posts, and then — nada. I am sorry about that. But it’s okay, because the photos are still on my hard drive, just [...]

Oops, it’s been a while! My bad. I’ve been working on a book about growing up in my mother’s diner, and was planning to enter it in this memoir contest. I was all caught up in [...]

I've been having a come-to-Jesus talk with myself. I have been in denial too long.

“Another year shot to hell.” That was my answer, way back on New Year’s Eve, 1970, when someone asked me how I felt about the just-finished year. I was 24 and almost terminally [...]

What I hate about Christmas is all the effort and money one is expected to put into it.

Yesterday was a long and miserable day after a long, cold night. The now-clean sleeping bag kept me warm until morning, when I needed my comforter on top of that—and I still had my doubts. [...]