If you’re like me, and I do say “if,” you start every road trip with a full thermos of coffee. And then, on down the road, you’re in a big panic to find a bathroom. Rest room. Comfort station. Water closet. Washroom. Loo. Lavatory. Privy. Powder room. Latrine. Outhouse. Whatever. If you’re lucky you’ll find… Continue reading The Exciting Bathroom Break!
Author: theupstory
Once upon a time I wrote for a living. I thought I got paid by the word until I saw my benefits package and realized I'd struck gold. So 37 years later I wrote myself into retirement. Now I'm running wild and free across the literary Serengeti with no one to proof my copy and not an approval source in sight. Of course we all know you're supposed to write about what you know. I know about the human condition, stuff I can't believe just happened, dogs, road trips, the coordinates for all the Cold Stone Creameries, why Walmart looks more Village of the Damned than usual this morning, and so forth and so on. So I drive around, make observations, and write stuff. Yeah.
Mother’s Day 2020
Once upon a time I was a full-time, boots-on-the-ground Mom. Mommy. Mama. Mother. I didn’t get to be a Mom right away. First there was school. Then there was work. Then there was a husband. By the time I got around to being a mom, I was in my late 30s. By the time I… Continue reading Mother’s Day 2020
In the kitchen with a non-cook
I don’t particularly like to cook, but I can. I need a good reason: A party needs appetizers. Someone is having a birthday. It’s Christmas and time to make The Fudge. Making food for events is so much more fun than making meals. Event cooking is a leisurely, solitary affair that involves the use of… Continue reading In the kitchen with a non-cook
Boomer writes advice to Spammer
OK, raise your hand (or paw) if you’ve ever gotten an email that starts out like this: Have a great day! I assume this letter will come for the correct address and you will receive it. It is Natalia. I am 29 y.o. I have healthy lives. This is how Natalia started her email to… Continue reading Boomer writes advice to Spammer
40 kids, 5 of us, 1 bus
From the Archives of Yesteryear when I volunteered to climb on a bus and chaperone a herd of elementary students, one of which was mine, on a field trip to California. I’m happy to report that the Oceanography Club field trip to San Diego was a howling success. Forty pumped-up students, five untested chaperones. One… Continue reading 40 kids, 5 of us, 1 bus
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