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Snow Patrol: I Love You, but My Family Doesn’t
The atmosphere in the car crackled with hostility. (How is that for a cheesy, spy novel introduction?) I had just taken over the wheel, prepared to drive the mind-numbingly boring section. The...
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“The Least of These” Are Great Indeed
Wisdom comes from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed...
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The Jane Austen Cocktail Party Game
Halloween is weeks away, and we all know what that means. Yep. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat (by the way, have you, or anyone you know, ever actually eaten a goose?), and the round of...
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Awash with Squash
It was a dark and stormy night. The garden didn’t look like this on the night that the men harvested the squash. But then again, the men didn’t look like the girl in the painting, either. Promenade by...
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Let Freedom Ring — Start with School Lunch
Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting “process.” Somehow, it’s just not the same...
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Three Simple Steps to Solving the World’s Problems
The beauty about solving the world’s problems is that you don’t have to be rich, famous, or running for president to do so — all these people propound, and often push through, their ideas, which...
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Writing, Blogging, and Speaking, Intelligently
I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” It’s okay. There really are solutions to these problems, and you don’t have to...
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Mr. Smith Stays out of Washington
Tired-of-Being-Youngest is attending culinary school, which I assure you is just as delicious as it sounds. I can’t wait until spring quarter, when she studies Baking and Pastries, and am sure that I...
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Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really
Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying electronics, CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus...
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The Seasonal, Annual, Holiday, Snuffling Cold
I feel yucky. My nose is stuffed, I cough — twice — every 30 seconds, I can’t hear through the plugging of my ears, there’s a chill that has nothing to do with a draft, my lithesome form drapes...
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The Socks from Hell
I have conquered the Socks from Hell. It is not so much that I have subjugated these hand-knitted demons to their knees so much that I have brought them to my feet. Snugly, quietly, they embrace my...
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Married — 30 Years — with Children
We started out young and dumb, and next week will find us middle aged and wiser. Tuesday the Norwegian Artist and I celebrate 30 years of marriage. One man, one woman, who decided to throw our lots in...
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I’m a Believer — So Are You
We disagree with one another a lot these days, but I think I’ve found three sentences we can all say, “Yes, that’s true,” to: Adults protecting and loving children — this is a truth on which we can all...
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Life’s — and Death’s — Lessons
I visited my father the other day. Generally, these visits consist of my kneeling before a concrete slab, embedded in which is a plaque bearing Dad’s name and two salient dates. I tell him how much we...
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If Pumpkins Were Money, I’d Be Rich
Before we get started, allow me to say that I’ve changed my name from Middle Aged Plague to This Woman Writes, where I will eventually be transferring my posts and writing. Please, if you are a regular...
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Honesty — It’s Still a Lonely Word
Note: This post is simultaneously published at This Woman Writes, the new name and new location of Middle Aged Plague. Transition — it’s never easy. I just finished reading one of those inspirational...
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I’m Not Lost, I’m Differently Positioned
If you haven’t heard from me for awhile and you wonder where I’ve been, this is a good time to re-mention that I have changed my name from Middle Aged Plague to This Woman Writes. You can find, and...
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