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March 31, 2023
Humor Writer of the Month: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, our Humor Writer of the Month, is a writer, comedian and cartoonist for The New Yorker.
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March 26, 2023
The Little Kitchen of Horrors
I could never be a herbivore, not just because I don’t like vegetables, even though I am one, but because my name isn’t Herb.
March 20, 2023
Spring Broke
When my three semi-grown daughters were young (and since I work in the lucrative world of public education), we’d spend our spring break holidays riding bikes to the park, making dad-sized pillow forts in the living room, and raiding the gift shop at the zoo.
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March 19, 2023
The Great Egg Mystery
Why did the chicken cross the road? To lay an egg in my backyard.
March 15, 2023
If the Pants Fit, Wear Them
Even at my advanced age (approaching seven decades of decrepitude), I have kept my boyish figure. And I have always been stylish because my wife buys my clothes, which I sometimes stick in a drawer or hang in a closet and promptly forget about, only to discover them months later with the tags still attached.
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March 11, 2023
Mother Tucker
Remember when you were a kid, how excited you were to be in a photo? You enthusiastically jumped in, front and center! "Cheese!"
March 07, 2023
Who's Publishing What: The Frugal Editor
The third edition of Carolyn Howard-Johnson's The Frugal Editor: Do It Yourself Editing Secrets, includes new information on topics that change quickly in the English language and publishing worlds.
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March 07, 2023
Ridiculous from One End to the Other
We are all used to medical folks sometimes giving absurd answers to questions having to do with real life. When conversations turn to colonoscopies, the advice from medical professionals often veers from the practical into the realm of the ridiculous.
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March 07, 2023
An After-Dinner Cup of Coffee
Dean Norman writes a tale about how an after-dinner cup of coffee can upend a marriage.
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March 05, 2023
Coming Clean About Vacuums
I am not the kind of guy to sweep things under the rug. For one thing, my wife would lower the broom on me if I did. For another, we don’t have too many rugs for me to sweep things under.