Author Archive: Nancy
I Have A Good Excuse
I was late for work today. But I have a really good excuse. First of all, I went to a concert last night. On a weeknight. I stayed out very late. The wee hours. The concert didn’t get over until 11:15! That’s a full one hour and fifteen minutes past my bedtime. And I didn’t …
Why I Don’t Read True-Crime Stories
It was the summer I was twenty. I almost wrote that I was home from college for the summer, but that year, I actually commuted to college so I was home all year anyway. So let’s just say that I was on summer break from school. And dreaming of the Fall when I would actually …
Cowboy Memories
It was my husband’s turn to choose which Sirius channel we listened to on our last ride. So naturally, he picked Willie’s Roadhouse – very old-fashioned country music. By very old-fashioned, I mean Grand Ole Opry old-fashioned. I mean twangy guitars and twangier voices. I mean boots and barefoot and nothing in between. I mean …
Flea Marketing
This weekend my husband and I traveled to Brimfield Massachusetts to the huge Brimfield Antique Flea Market. Brimfield is held three times a year, and it’s always a crazy event. For more than 50 years, the nuttiest folks from all over the globe collect junk and come together to see if they can fleece the …
Edward Scissorfeet
I am re-posting this blog from three years ago. Because it happened again. I now have a linen closet with 5 king flat sheets and ZERO king fitted sheets. ** EDWARD SCISSORFEET I love blogging. It’s therapeutic.There is no better way to complain. Complaints get noticed. This is the second time in six months that …
Best Seller !
I’m interrupting my usual silly nonsense because I am over the moon with THRILLED-NESS! This week, Amazon and Bookbub are running a 99 cent promotion for the Kindle version of my novel, JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED. The results yesterday were extraordinary, amazing, fabulous! I am now an Amazon best-seller! In several categories! I am …
What Would Wilma Flintstone Do?
Two Sundays ago, as we lingered over a sixth cup of coffee, we happened to look out the window and realized that we had company. We were very excited to see our visitor. Although we were glad that he didn’t knock on the door, and he may have lumbered around the patio just a bit …
Happy Mother’s Day!
Enough sadness for this week, and for the past, and for the world. My goal in life is to laugh like my mother at 91: Happy Mother’s Day!
Not Having Children
Note: I wrote this essay fourteen years ago. This Mother’s Day, I find I am ready to share it. NOT HAVING CHILDREN I married when I was forty. It was amazing at that age how many people asked me if we were going to have children. No, I’d say, We’re not having children. What is …
Music Lessons
When I was a little girl, my mother told me, “You can do anything you want.” But she added a caveat: “You won’t be good at everything, but you can do everything.” This was such sane advice. And as a result, I always felt a level of calm security entering into anything new. I could …
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