Monthly Archives: February 2016

Home Alone

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Day 1 – I come home from work and find the garage door partly open. “What’s going on?” I wonder. I go inside to check and find a strange dog in the garage. Whose dog is that? “Get! Go away! … Continue reading →

Posted in Creatures, Home, Humor | Tagged black lab, dogs, frightened dog, lonesome dog, lost dog, spoiled dog | 6 Comments

February Wary

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Thanks goodness the month of February is almost over. It has been a clunker of a month. To be so small, February can surely be a horror. All the worst weather seems to hit in February. Hopefully, the month had … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Weather | Tagged February, Groundhog, Holidays, Lincoln, President's Day, Valentine's, Washington | 8 Comments

High School Reunion

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Sheila Moss

My high school reunion! When I received the invitation I thought it would be fun. I could see all the kids I used to know “way back when,” find out what ever happened to so-and-so. It’s been years since I … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged high school, memories, reception, reminiscence, reunion, senior citizens | 8 Comments

Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Sheila Moss

“If life is a bowl of cherries, why am I in the pits?” asked humorist, Erma Bombeck. I know what she meant, literally. Every time I open the refrigerator, beady little cherry eyeballs stare up at me. I slam the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Humor | Tagged baking, Bombeck, bowl of cherries, cherries, cherry pits, cobbler, cooking, fruit recipes, recipes | 9 Comments

Speaking of Starbucks

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Since Starbucks has been in the news lately, I decided to give them another try and do a bit of field research for a column. I’m not a gourmet coffee person. My idea of gourmet coffee is buying a cup … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Humor | Tagged caffine, cappuccino, coffee, coffee-house, expresso, gourmet, latte | 6 Comments

Enough is Enough

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Bang! Pow! Take that, you good for nothing box of bolts! My friend Cathy has a story about getting angry with her computer and shooting it. Cathy tells some wild tales and it is hard to know when it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Humor | Tagged absurdity of guns, computer rage, going postal, gun control, gun stupidity, guns, irresponsible gun owners, shooting television, shootings, wild west mentality | 3 Comments

Fifty Questions

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Any sort of physical pain, whether sharp or dull, severe or slight, recent or chronic, actual or imagined, serious or funny, can only be ignored for so long before a person realizes it’s time to see a doctor. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Humor | Tagged diagnosis, doctor's office, medical evaluation, paperwork, questionaire, useless questions | 5 Comments

Donuts To Go

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Sheila Moss

After my sister read a column I wrote about bad luck, she sent me an email. “I have my own story,” she said. “It all started when I decided to run a few errands before picking Mom up for a doctor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Automotive, Humor | Tagged accident, bad luck, car crash, car wreck, curses, donut shop disaster, jinx | 5 Comments

I Want to Go Back to the Fifties

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Sheila Moss

I want to go back to the fifties. I want to turn back time to when the world was a simpler place. I want to put my hair in a ponytail and roll up the legs of my jeans. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor | Tagged 1950's, age of innocence, fifties, good old days, growing up, history, memories | 7 Comments

The Blue Sequin Jacket

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Oh, that’s pretty,” I thought. In Smyrna, Tennessee, anything blue that isn’t denim is pretty. I checked the price tag. $7? It must be a mistake. But that’s what the tag said. The price marked is the price, isn’t it? … Continue reading →