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Author Archives: Sheila Moss
In Pursuit of a Purse
As all ladies know, we must have a purse to haul about our “stuff.” The amount of stuff needed depends on the individual lady, but all of us need something to carry it in, whether large or small. I once … Continue reading
Home Alone
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
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
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
“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
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
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
Fifty Questions
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
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
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
