Fine Whine

All of us walk around thinking about the burdens we carry, the things we must do, the things that others depend on us for. My usual focus is...

I am having a really difficult time with getting my mind comfortable with the concepts of life and death. We went to the funeral of my husb...

I recently had a bad experience with a car dealer. It is pitiful that at my age I do expect people to behave honestly and morally, especiall...

I realize, upon reviewing my blog, that I have not even touched on stuff that was so important it was making me crazy. I guess simply writin...

So far 2006 has been a real scream. I spent a long time in Florida. I came home with a whole new perspective on irony, devotion, loyalty, lo...

This is Cassie and Ben. They are so beautiful. I am going to try to copy a link here. It is for a commercial. BestCommercial.asf (2.6MB) I ...

It has been a while since I wrote here. My responsibilities to my public are beginning to overwhelm me. (facetiousness...) Since I upped my ...

A student of my husband's who was from a distant country, gave him a pair of canaries. The student's mom had sent them so he would n...

I need to research this matter a little, but, I think, somewhere in the New Testament, it says something about Jesus not liking self-righteo...

Warning: Major Rant... First of all, I was going to name this chapter "Piss, Shit, and Pizza Boxes", but I then thought that might...

It seems to be an effective parent, which I no longer want to be, I will have to go to law school. My older daughter's ex is in jail. I ...

Am I a "victim" or a "control freak"? I am going to have to go back to talking to the psychologist and ask my shrink to ...

Every year I wish people would ignore my birthday or, if they must acknowledge it, to do so quietly in a way suited to my advancing age and ...

My husband's family is originally from Spain. The offspring have always had a little thing for Don Quixote. They usually have a copy of ...

I am reading the latest Michael Crichton, State of Fear . I am so delighted to find out that I am not the only person alive that thinks ...

I wake up at 1:30 a.m. and finish a novel and start another. As I start chapter three I pause and try to remember what the novel I just fini...

My older daughter joined us for Easter with the excuse that she wanted to visit her three children. She has been gone for two months, and i...