Column – Vocabulary dumbbells
February 3, 2011 in Alexandria Echo Press
My brain is getting fat.
Not the nice, plump, filled-with-good-information kind of fat. The lazy, turning-to-sludge-and-blubber kind of fat. Continue Reading&
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Column – Nothing ever goes back in the way it came out
December 16, 2010 in Alexandria Echo Press
It was the jigsaw puzzle from hell. And it reinforced one of life’s most valuable lessons. Continue Reading
My grandma, the candy dish
December 14, 2010 in Alexandria Echo Press
The candy dish was anything but sweet.
It was ugly. It was dingy yellow and the lid had this horrid brown flower as the handle. But the worst part about the candy dish? Continue Reading
Column – The parenting puzzle
September 9, 2010 in Alexandria Echo Press
Raising children is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Continue Reading
Column – That’s my Grand Casino story
July 8, 2010 in Alexandria Echo Press
You’ve probably seen the cutesy commercials about down-on-their-luck souls whose lives have been changed with the spin of a wheel or flip of a card. Continue Reading
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