What’s in Your Survival Kit? The humor and wisdom of two writers are in my survival kit! Peg Bracken, on the left and Erma Bombeck on the right, kept us laughing [at ourselves] through the -60’s and -70’s. Both women lived through the trauma of wars, riots, and...
Manners For the Hoi Polloi Teaching good manners matters, especially today. Ours may not be the worst of times – but it sure seems a ruder time than I can remember. It’s either trickling down, or bubbling up; but our bad manners –discourtesy that ignores accepted...
A stickler trained me, so I have a decided opinion on the matter of thank-you notes! My mother made me write thank-you notes for all the gifts ever given me. Write that note, now! You can’t play with the gift, or spend it or wear it until you do! So, one of my first...
As I remember it . . . Back in the dark ages of my youth, being invited to sit with the grown-ups was a big deal. When we were liberated from the children’s table, it was a thrill! Keeping up with the conversation, well, that was a different matter. We were not...
Autumn Weather Taught Me a New Word I learned a new weather word this first week in autumn. The weatherman said we are in the grip of a flash drought. Never have I heard of a flash drought! This recent pattern has been coming for weeks! It is becoming severe. Since we...
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